Candelaria District
Overview
Other Names: Columbus, Mineral, Belleville
Discovered: 1864
Organized: 1864
Commodities: silver, gold, lead, antimony, copper, nickel, variscite, turquoise, barite
Comments
Covers most of the Candelaria Hills between Miller Mountain, Little Summit, Tonopah Junction, and Columbus Marsh. All of this area was in historic Esmeralda County, but fell into Mineral County when Mineral was created from Esmeralda. The original Columbus district included all of the area between Teels Marsh, Rhodes Marsh, Fish Lake Valley, and the summit of the Monte Cristo Range. The Mineral district was annexed to the Columbus district in 1865. A townsite formed in 1875 was named Candelaria, and this name came into use for the district by 1880. The Belleville section is in T4N, R34E.
References
Stretch, 1867, p. 41; White, 1871, p. 108; Whitehill, 1873, p. 34; Angel, 1881, p. 414; Hill, 1912, p. 206; Lincoln, 1923, p. 141; Stoddard, 1932, p. 58; Lotz, 1934, p. 21; Vanderburg, 1937a, p. 25; Page, 1959, p. 2-11; Ross, 1961, p. 81; Lawrence, 1963, p. 115; Shamberger, 1978, p. 1-2; Papke, 1984, table 3
Carico Lake District
Overview
Other Names: Ravenswood
County: Lander
Commodities: turquoise, gold (?), manganese
Comments
Located south of Carico Lake, in the area of Red Mountain. Vanderburg (1939) included part of this area (the manganese occurrence) in the Ravenswood district.
References
Vanderburg, 1939, p. 61; Tingley and Smith, 1983
Carlin District
Overview
Other Names: Rain, Carlin trend
Discovered: 1859
Commodities: gold, silver, diatomite, oil shale, barite, uranium, vanadium, zinc, manganese
Comments
The Carlin district covers the southern end of the Tuscarora Mountains north of the town of Carlin, and the northern end of the Piñon Range immediately south of Carlin. The southeast portion of the district, in the vicinity of the Rain Gold Mine, is sometimes referred to as the Rain subdistrict of the Carlin Trend. The Carlin Trend is an informal grouping of disseminated gold deposits that extends from the southern Railroad district in the Piñon Range on the southeast to the Bootstrap district on the northwest.
References
Hill, 1912, p. 203; Lincoln, 1923, p. 38; Stoddard, 1932, p. 29; Gianella, 1945, p. 37; Granger and others, 1957, p. 31; Smith, 1976, p. 32; Ryneer, 1987, p. 265; LaPointe and others, 1991, p. 49; Thoreson, 1991, p. 635
Carson City District
Overview
Other Names: Carson, Bald Mountain
County: Carson City
Discovered: 1862
Commodities: gold, silver, tungsten, uranium, sandstone, cinder
Comments
The district includes the southern slope of the Virginia Range, north of Carson City, and the area of Prison Hill, south of Carson City. According to Washoe County mining records, the Bald Mountain district was located north of Carson City in the vicinity of Sugarloaf and Nine Hill in section 27, T16N, R19E; most of the old district is included in the present Carson City district.
References
Lincoln, 1923, p. 199; Overton, 1947, p. 40; Moore, 1969, p. 31; Garside, 1973, p. 17; Papke, 1973; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 29; Carson City mining records
