The Cahill Mine is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Cahill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cahill Mine
Secondary: Nevada Birch Creek Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Birch Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1916
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: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN STRIKES N-S AND DIPS STEEPLY.
Comment (Deposit): THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY TWO ADITS AND ABOUT 2000 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ALONG A STEEPLY DIPPING NORTH-STRIKING VEIN IN QUARTZ MONZONITE. GOLD WAS DEISCOVERED HERE IN 1916. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): IN 1916 JOHN CAHILL DISCOVERED HIGH-GRADE GOLD ORE, AND THE NEVADA BIRCH CREEK MINING CO, WAS ORGANIZED IN 1919 TO CARRY ON DEVELOPMENT WORK.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES 2 ADITS, THE LONGEST 475 FT IN LENGTH. THERE IS NO MINING OR MILLING EQUIPMENT ON THE PROPERTY.
Comment (Geology): THE VEIN CONTAINS GOLD AND SOME SILVER IN QUARTZ. THE PREVAILING ROCKS IN THE VICINITY ARE ANDESITE, HYOLITE, AND GRANODIORITE (?).
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, H.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG 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.
