The Calavada Mine is a copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,699 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: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 38.58778, -118.08861
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Calavada Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Calavada Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED, STRINGERS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Complex Reverse Faulting Trending Ne - Sw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Lmst., Seritization, Limonitization
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE. CLARK (F1) STATES THAT 10 TO 12 CARS OF ORE AVERAGING 10 PERCENT CU WAS SHIPPED DURING 1916
Comment (Geology): FAULTING INDUCED INTENSE FRACTURING OF COUNTRY ROCK ALONG WHICH METEORIC WATERS CIRCULATED EVIDENCE OF OXIDATION AT 1000 FT. LEVEL
Comment (Workings): CROSSCUTS EXTEND FROM THE MAIN SHAFT AT THE 45 , 200 , 300 , 500 , 700 AND 1000 FT. LEVELS
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, C.W., 1922 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SANTA FE DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., UNIV. OF CALIF. PUB., VOL. 14 , NO.
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.
