Calico Hills

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10125245
MAS/MILS ID 0320210388
Record type Site
Current site name Calico Hills
Alternate or previous names Calico Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.76597, 39.01741 (WGS84)
Elevation 1390

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weber Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013 N 029 E 05 SENESW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 51 KM SOUTH OF FALLON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Actinolite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Galena Unknown
Grossularite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tremolite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.76597, 39.01741

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1963

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MOORE REPORTS(NEVADA DIRECTORY BIB. REF. #454) THAT THE CALICO HILLS DEPOSIT CONTAINS A VERY LARGE QUANITY OF MATERIAL AVERAGING 20% FE AND .07% CU, AND THAT HIGH-GRADE PORTIONS HAVE AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 44% FE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    454. MOORE, L. ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF CALIFORNIA-NEVADA

  • Deposit

    IRON RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS. BUMINES

  • Deposit

    IC 8511, 1971, 207 PP.

  • Deposit

    598. ROSS, D. C. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

  • Deposit

    BULL. 58, 1961, 98 PP.

  • Deposit

    740. VAN DENBURGH, A. S. RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING

  • Deposit

    DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES

  • Deposit

    IC 6941, 1937, 79 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS LARGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JUL-1988 Nevada Bureau Of Mines And Geology 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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