| 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: | -118.08427, 38.14993 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1829 |
| Relative position | CANDELARIA HILLS, 15 MILES SOUTH OF MINA |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 003N;004N | 035E | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bindheimite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Jamesonite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Model code | 75 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 19c |
| Deposit model name | Distal disseminated Ag-Au |
| Mark3 model number | 18 |
| 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;; |
| (1) | -118.08427, 38.14993 |
|---|
| 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 |
| General form | VEINS, VEINLETS, LENSES, SHOOTS |
|---|---|
| Strike | NE |
| Dip | N |
| Thickness | 6.1M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1863 |
| Discoverer | Spaniards |
| Year of first production | 1864 |
| District name | Candelaria |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Nerco Metals , Peter Petrowsky, Manager, |
| Home office | P. O. Box 1246, Hawthorne, Nv 89415. |
| First year | 1988 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1982 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 8390000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W016422 |
KNOPF, ADOLF, 1922 , THE CANDELARIA SILVER DISTRICT, NEV., CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, USGS BULL. 735 .
PAGE, B. M., 1959 , GEOLOGY OF THE CANDELARIA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 56 .
ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58 .
TINGLEY, J. V., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, 10/1/83
NBMG DISTRICT FILE 195 ITEM 2, CANDELARIA PARTNERS MINE TOUR BOOKLET, 1983.
NBMG DISTRICT FILE 195, PRESS CLIPPINGS.
NBMG, 1983, MAP 84, ACTIVE MINES AND OIL FIELDS
STATE DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, DEC 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.
MOELLER, STUART, A., 1986, IN GSN 1986 FALL FIELD TRIP GUIDE
MOELLER, STUART, A., 1988, IN GSN SYMPOSIUM TECHNICAL VOLUME P135.
NBMG, 1994, MI-1993
NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS, 1994
1922 RECON KNOPF, ADOLF BULL. 735 PP 1 - 23
1923 RECON NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., PP 137 - 157
1959 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 56
1961 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 58
OCCIDENTAL 1980 ANNUAL REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS AND NBMG DISTRICT FILE 195 PRESS CLIPPINGS. BONHAM, H.F., 1988 NBMG MI-1993
BONHAM, 1988 NBMG MI-1993
| 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 |
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