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Capitol Camp

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310509
MRDS ID M031030
MAS/MILS ID 0320030735
Record type Site
Current site name Capitol Camp
Alternate or previous names Capitol Mine, Capital Area

Comments on the site identification

  • This record supersedes record M031030 from which all material has been incorporated and updated.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.75109, 35.66971 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position The mine area is located about 5 miles SE of Nelson. Lat/long is for the centerpoint between the two geonames endpoints for Capital Camp, which also coincides with the centerpoint of three shaft symbols on the topo map.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nelson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boulder City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lake Mead National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026S 065E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • Old workings cover a large area in Capitol Wash.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Materials: gold
  • Gangue Materials: quartz

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 105
USGS model code 25a-d
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, generic
Mark3 model number 119

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.75109, 35.66971
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form tabular

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Eldorado

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Homestake Mining Co. (ca. 1985)
    Year 1985
  • Type Owner
    Owner Thomas F. Murphy ( 1937 )

Comments on the workings information

  • The mine area was developed by many shallow pits and adits as well as by shafts.

Comments on other economic factors

  • Historic production pre-1937 totalled about $100,000 with additional small production from 1957 to1961.
    In 1985 reserves were reported as 1 million tons of ore grading 0.6 opt Au.

Comments on development

  • Thomas F. Murphy was the claim owner in 1937.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit The mine was developed on a vein deposit. The ore occurred in quartz veins.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 18-FEB-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 01-JUN-2003 LaPointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Editor 01-SEP-2007 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey Converted from S&A FileMaker format to Oracle. Edit checks on rocks, units, and ages with Geolex search, and other fields.

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Homestake Mining Co. (ca. 1985) — acquired by Subsidiary of Barrick Gold (2001)
    Operator of the historic Homestake Mine in South Dakota; acquired by Barrick Gold in 2001.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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