The Carissa Mine is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,551 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,551 Feet (1,692 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.61444, -117.03083
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Carissa Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carissa Mine
Secondary: Pedro
Secondary: Copper Canyon Mining Co
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1930
Discovery Year: 1930
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: Skarn Au
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Elvira Fault, J.D. Fault; Pebble Dike
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Intense Therma & Hydro Thermal
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION, 1936-1954, WAS 9104 TONS ORE, AVERAGING 0.499 OZ/TON AU, 2.5 OZ/TON AG; 2.96% CU; WITH A TOTAL COMBINED VALUE OF $194,060
Comment (Workings): STOPES, GLORY HOLE
Comment (Geology): MOST GOLD ORE CAME FROM GLORY HOLE WHERE ORE WAS STOPED DOWN DIP IN HORNFELS FOR 150 FT., 60 FT, WIDE, 4-15 FT THICK
Comment (Location): 1800 FT. N. OF SWEET MARIE MINE
Comment (Deposit): 115 CARS ORE SHIPPED FROM APR 1936 TO APR 1938. A SMALL AMOUNT OXIDIZED ORE WAS PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1930, BUT MAJOR PRODUCTION WAS FROM 1936 WHEN H. DOLEZAL AND E. JOHNSON DISCOVERED HIGH-GRADE GOLD ORE IN AN OPEN CUT. CARISSA MINE WAS 2ND IN PRODUCTION OF THE COPPER BASIN MINES PRIOR TO DUVAL'S OPEN PIT, WHICH NOW ENCOMPASSES CARISSA CLAIMS. IN 1950'S WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A GLORY HOLE, HAULAGE WAYS AND LEVEL WORKINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): SMALL AMOUNT OXIDIZED ORE PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1930, BUT MAJOR PRODUCTION WAS FROM 1936 WHEN H. DOLEZAL AND E. JOHNSON DISCOVERED HIGH-GRADE GOLD ORE IN AN OPEN CUT. MINE WAS 2ND IN PRODUCTION OF THE COPPER BASIN MINES PRIOR TO DUVAL'S OPEN PIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.
Reference (Production): STEWART, MCKEE & STAGER, 1977
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H. AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY NEVADA; NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88
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.
