The California Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Storey county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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California Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: California Mine
Secondary: Consolidated Virginia Claim Block
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Storey
District: Comstock Lode
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1876
Discovery Year: 1859
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Regional Dip To West Or Northwest
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitization, Oxidation, Pyritization
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): THIS MINE MERGED WITH THE CON-VIRGINIA IN EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Deposit): VEIN; THE "BIH BONANZA"
Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE MERGED WITH THE CONSOLIDATED VIRGINA IN THE EARLY 1900'S ITS SURFICIAL DEPOSITS WERE INSIGNIFICANT COMPARED TO THOSE FOUND IN DEEPER WORKINGS AND TERMED THE "BIG BONANZA". THIS LODE WAS DISCOVERED AT THE 1200-FT LEVEL ON THE CONSOLIDATED VIRGINIA CLAIM. THE VEIN TRENDED NE FOR 600 FT, EXPLORED AT THE CONSOLIDATED VIRGINIA CLAIM.
References
Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, CARL AND CARPENTER, J.A., MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70.
Reference (Deposit): BONHAN, H.F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA. NBMG BULL. 70.
Reference (Deposit): W.P.A. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-41; INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL OPEN FILE REPORT.
Reference (Production): BONHAM, H.F., 1969.
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.
