Candelaria Mine

Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Iron, Copper, Zinc, Antimony
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. 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. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Reserves and resources
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072147
MRDS ID W016422
Record type Site
Current site name Candelaria Mine
Alternate or previous names Candelaria Partners Mine, Lucky Hillpit
Related records 10310430, 10197974

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.08427, 38.14993 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position CANDELARIA HILLS, 15 MILES SOUTH OF MINA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candelaria(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N;004N 035E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bindheimite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Rx Sericitized, Carbonatized, Argillized And Silicified Due To Hydrothermal Action Pre-Aging Or Accompanying Ore Deposition

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 75
USGS model code 19c
Deposit model name Distal disseminated Ag-Au
Mark3 model number 18

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Palmetto Formation;Palmetto Formation;Palmetto Formation;Diablo Formation
    Rock description Palmetto Formation;Palmetto Formation;Palmetto Formation;Diablo Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Candelaria Formation;Candelaria Formation;;
    Rock description Candelaria Formation;Candelaria Formation;;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.08427, 38.14993

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Successive Sequence Of Recurrent Faulting. Folding And Faulting, With Resultant Deformation.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Area Of Greatest Structural Discontinuity Coincides With Intense Rock Alteration And The Greatest Number Of Veins

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS, VEINLETS, LENSES, SHOOTS
    Strike NE
    Dip N
    Thickness 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Most Deposits In Northward Dipping Veins Near A Single Stratigraphic Horizon And Most Enveloped In Intensely Altered Rock.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1863
Discoverer Spaniards
Year of first production 1864

Mining district

District name Candelaria

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nerco Metals , Peter Petrowsky, Manager,
    Home office P. O. Box 1246, Hawthorne, Nv 89415.
    First year 1988

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 8390000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 30.776 g/mt Silver Major 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KNOPF, ADOLF, 1922 , THE CANDELARIA SILVER DISTRICT, NEV., CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, USGS BULL. 735 .

  • Deposit

    PAGE, B. M., 1959 , GEOLOGY OF THE CANDELARIA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 56 .

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58 .

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J. V., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, 10/1/83

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 195 ITEM 2, CANDELARIA PARTNERS MINE TOUR BOOKLET, 1983.

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 195, PRESS CLIPPINGS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG, 1983, MAP 84, ACTIVE MINES AND OIL FIELDS

  • Deposit

    STATE DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, DEC 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.

  • Deposit

    MOELLER, STUART, A., 1986, IN GSN 1986 FALL FIELD TRIP GUIDE

  • Deposit

    MOELLER, STUART, A., 1988, IN GSN SYMPOSIUM TECHNICAL VOLUME P135.

  • Deposit

    NBMG, 1994, MI-1993

  • Deposit

    NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS, 1994

  • Deposit

    1922 RECON KNOPF, ADOLF BULL. 735 PP 1 - 23

  • Deposit

    1923 RECON NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., PP 137 - 157

  • Deposit

    1959 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 56

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 58

  • Production

    OCCIDENTAL 1980 ANNUAL REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS AND NBMG DISTRICT FILE 195 PRESS CLIPPINGS. BONHAM, H.F., 1988 NBMG MI-1993

  • Reserve-Resource

    BONHAM, 1988 NBMG MI-1993

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1988 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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