The Cambridge Mine is a gold mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.6875, -119.00833
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Cambridge Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cambridge Mine
Secondary: Oxford Claims Nbmg # 4209
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Wilson - Cambridge
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Russel Henderson
Home Office: 2236 N 17 Th Street, Grand Junction,Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN
Comment (Development): EARLY HISTORY DATES FROM THE 1860'S BUT THERE ARE NO RECORDS BEFORE 1936,WHEN IT WAS REOPENED AND HAD SOME SMALL PRODUCTION. ; ECON.COM: REPORTED TO BE SMALL,BUT RECORDS ARE UNAVAILABLE
Comment (Workings): A NUMBER OF SHAFTS, ADITS AND PROSPECT PITS AT LEAST 3 SHAFTS EXIST, THE MAIN SHAFT IS INCLINEDAT 50 DEG TO THE NW. THE LARGE VERTICAL SHAFT IS SAID TO HAVE 300 AND 400 LEVELS. PROSPECTS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH ALONG THE STRIKE.
Comment (Geology): SAMPLE #4209 WAS TAKEN FROM WHAT APPEARED TO BE A SMALL STOCKPILE OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ BRECCIA TO THE EAST OF THE VERY LARGE MAIN DUMP.
Comment (Deposit): IT LATER TURNED OUT THAT MR. HENDERSON BLANKED THE AREA WITH CLAIMS USING OLD ENGLISH NAMES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75 .
Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL, 1942 , CONCENTRATES FROM WESTERN STATES: MINING JOURNAL, (ARIZONA), V. 25 , NO. 18 , P. 19 - 32 .
Reference (Deposit): STEWART ET AL, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PINE GROVE HILLS 15 MIN. QUAD
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS,WILSON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 06-14-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
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.
