Cahill Mine

The Cahill Mine is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

Name: Cahill Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 39.37417, -117.00694

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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

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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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.