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Calavada Group

Occurrence in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037166
MRDS ID M031041
Record type Site
Current site name Calavada Group
Alternate or previous names Lily Group
Related records 10246250

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.15583, 35.42251 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 3 MILES SW OF CRESCENT ON CA./NEV. BORDER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crescent Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
029S 061E 04,16 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS $2 - $12/TON, AVERAGE $3 ( 1907 ).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.15583, 35.42251
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZITE IS SHATTERED AND SILICIFIED, RESTING ON THE GNEISS, 1000 FEET WIDE FROM E TO W, THE DISTANCE FROM THE HIGHEST POINT ON THE SLOPE TO THE POINT WHERE THE DEPOSIT PASSES BENEATH THE ALLEUVIUM IS GREATER THAN 1000 FT. IN MANY PLACES THE SHATTERED QUARTZITE IS A BRECCIA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crescent

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Johnson ( 1937 )

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 SHAFTS, ORE 150 FEET DEEP, 2 AT 60 FT. DEEP, SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, AND SCATTERED SURFACE WORKINGS TOTALLING 500 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F. L., 1907 , PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT OF GOLDFIELD, BULLFROG AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS IN SOUTHERN NEVADA USGS BULL. 303 P. 79 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 179 .

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W. O., 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CLARK CO. US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6964 , P. 20 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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