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Calico Shaft

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Lead, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037026
MRDS ID M030043
Record type Site
Current site name Calico Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.96845, 39.04548 (WGS84)
Elevation 1617
Relative position 0.2 MILES NW OF QUARTZ MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quartz Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritization, Argillization Of Rhyolite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.96845, 39.04548
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Calico Fault (Ne, 60 Nw) With Volcanics On The Hanging Wall.

Ore body information

  • General form COATS FRACTURES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Ore Body Lies Against The Andesite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920

Mining district

District name Lodi District/Quartz Mtn.

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cache Creek Exploration Co. And Cyprus Mining Corp.
    First year 1973

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 400 FT CALICO SHAFT

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION FOR MO-CU OREBODIES BEGAN HERE IN THE EARLY 1970'S WHEN BEAR CREEK MINING CO. STAKED CLAIMS ON MO-BEARING VEINS OF THE CALICO MINE. IN 1973, CACHE CREEK EXPLORATION CO AND CYPRUS MINING CORP BEGAN EXPLORATION WORK, RENOVATED THE CALICO SHAFT, DID GEOLOGIC AND GEOPHYSICAL STUDIES AND DRILLED 8 HOLES. AMAX EXPLORATION CO DRILLED 2 HOLES, BOTH OF WHICH CUT PYRITIZED STRATA AND ONE OF WHICH CUT MOLYBDENITE- BEARING HORNFELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1982 Lapointe, D.D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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