The Calico Shaft is a lead, molybdenum, and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,305 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,305 Feet (1,617 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Molybdenum, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.04556, -117.96750
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Calico Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Calico Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Lodi District/Quartz Mtn.
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Cache Creek Exploration Co. And Cyprus Mining Corp.
Years: 1973 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1920
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: COATS FRACTURES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Calico Fault (Ne, 60 Nw) With Volcanics On The Hanging Wall.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritization, Argillization Of Rhyolite
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE
Comment (Development): EXPLORATION FOR MO-CU OREBODIES BEGAN HERE IN THE EARLY 1970'S WHEN BEAR CREEK MINING CO. STAKED CLAIMS ON MO-BEARING VEINS OF THE CALICO MINE. IN 1973, CACHE CREEK EXPLORATION CO AND CYPRUS MINING CORP BEGAN EXPLORATION WORK, RENOVATED THE CALICO SHAFT, DID GEOLOGIC AND GEOPHYSICAL STUDIES AND DRILLED 8 HOLES. AMAX EXPLORATION CO DRILLED 2 HOLES, BOTH OF WHICH CUT PYRITIZED STRATA AND ONE OF WHICH CUT MOLYBDENITE- BEARING HORNFELS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 400 FT CALICO SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
