Callison Property

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047195
MRDS ID M242456
Record type Site
Current site name Callison Property
Alternate or previous names Banner Mine, Banner Claims
Related records 10197467

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.26035, 37.30023 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN, BUT PROBABLY IN MAIN TOKOP DISTRICT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 042E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 6 MILES EAST OF HORNSILVER ON GOOD ROAD 6 CLAIMS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES OF VEIN MATERIAL ASSAYED 0.18-1.02OZ/T AU AND 0.2-1.64OZ/T AG, AND UP TO 17%PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.26035, 37.30023

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting May Offset Vein

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tok Oo (Gold Mountain District)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. M. Callison Of Oakland, Ca
    First year 1913

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE CUT, INCLINE SHAFT WITH MINOR LEVEL WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIRDEVAN,W.H., 1913, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE CALLISON PROPERTY:NBMG FILE 103, ITEM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAIRLY PERSISTENT VEIN 1-1.5 FT WIDE, EXTENDING THE LENGTH OF 4 CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-82 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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