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Calavada Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037604
MRDS ID M035621
Record type Site
Current site name Calavada Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.08956, 38.5877 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position APPROX. 9 MI. NE OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunrise Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 035E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATE LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Lmst., Seritization, Limonitization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.08956, 38.5877
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Complex Reverse Faulting Trending Ne - Sw

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED, STRINGERS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Chute Lies Along Igneous Lmst. Contact. Limited Deposition Along Small Fractures In Lmst.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULTING INDUCED INTENSE FRACTURING OF COUNTRY ROCK ALONG WHICH METEORIC WATERS CIRCULATED EVIDENCE OF OXIDATION AT 1000 FT. LEVEL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santa Fe

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE. CLARK (F1) STATES THAT 10 TO 12 CARS OF ORE AVERAGING 10 PERCENT CU WAS SHIPPED DURING 1916

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUTS EXTEND FROM THE MAIN SHAFT AT THE 45 , 200 , 300 , 500 , 700 AND 1000 FT. LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLARK, C.W., 1922 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., UNIV. OF CALIF. PUB., VOL. 14 , NO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) 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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