The Caledonia is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Caledonia MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Caledonia
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Cortez District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: STRATABOUND, TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Roberts Mtn Thrust
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Production): ORERAN 120 OZ/T AG, $20 AU/TON, 13 % PB IN 1910
Comment (Deposit): ORE SHOOT, PARALLEL TO BEDDING, WAS FOLLOWED DOWN 50 FEET
Comment (Workings): INCLINE
Comment (Deposit): NEAR THE MOUTH OF MILL CANYON ABOUT ONE MILE DOWNSTREAM OF THE SCHOOLHOUSE.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO 41, REFERENCE NO 3201100074
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA, LANDER, & ELKO GOS., USGS BULL 408
Reference (Deposit): GILLUBY J., & MASURSKY H. (1965) GEOLOGY OF THE CORTEZ QUADRANGLE, NEV. USGS BULL 1175
Reference (Production): EMMONS, W.H., 1918
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.
