The Calaveras Mine is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 6,119 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,119 Feet (1,865 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 40.135, -113.82528
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Calaveras Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Calaveras Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Clifton (Gold Hill) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Deep Creek Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PIPELIKE AND TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Basin And Range
Type: L
Description: Irregularly Embayed Oquirrh Fm In Quartz Monzonite
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.11-0.20 OZ AU AND 0.20 OZ AG/TON AND 1.99-9 PERCENT CU.
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Orthoclase
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS AND 4 SHALLOW PITS
References
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS P.P. 177, P. 124
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE CO., UTAH: USGS P.P. 17
Reference (Deposit): 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2
Reference (Deposit): 1935 RECON NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, P. 124
Reference (Deposit): 1981 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL SURVEY FILES
Reference (Production): NOLAN, 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 177
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MESSENGER, H.M., III, 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY
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