California

The California is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: California

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Aura

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Gangue: Malachite

Comments

Comment (Production): ORE ALSO CONTAINED SOME LEAD

Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT VEIN; FISSURES, SHEAR ZONES

Comment (Workings): A NUMBER OF PITS

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS A CROSSCUTTING VEIN OF WHITE QUARTZ

Comment (Deposit): LOCATED ON THE EAST SLOPE OF PORTER PEAK, AT THE HEAD WATERS OF BLUE JACKET CREEK TRIBUTARY. A NUMBER OF PITS COMPRISE THE ONLY DEVELOPEMENT

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH R.M.(1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): GRANGER A.E.(1957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULL 54

Reference (Deposit): DECKER R.H.(1962) GEOLOGY OF THE BULL RUNN QUAD., ELKO CO NEV., NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 60

Reference (Production): GRANGER, A.E.(1957)

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.