The Calavada Group is a gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,600 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.4225, -115.15500
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Calavada Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Calavada Group
Secondary: Lily Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Crescent
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
Owner Name: Charles Johnson ( 1937 )
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS $2 - $12/TON, AVERAGE $3 ( 1907 ).
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): QUARTZITE IS SHATTERED AND SILICIFIED, RESTING ON THE GNEISS, 1000 FEET WIDE FROM E TO W, THE DISTANCE FROM THE HIGHEST POINT ON THE SLOPE TO THE POINT WHERE THE DEPOSIT PASSES BENEATH THE ALLEUVIUM IS GREATER THAN 1000 FT. IN MANY PLACES THE SHATTERED QUARTZITE IS A BRECCIA.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 SHAFTS, ORE 150 FEET DEEP, 2 AT 60 FT. DEEP, SEVERAL SHORT ADITS, AND SCATTERED SURFACE WORKINGS TOTALLING 500 FEET.
References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O., 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CLARK CO. US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6964 , P. 20 .
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F. L., 1907 , PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT OF GOLDFIELD, BULLFROG AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS IN SOUTHERN NEVADA USGS BULL. 303 P. 79 .
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 179 .
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.
