The Morris and Caple Mine is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Morris and Caple Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morris and Caple Mine
Secondary: Morris and Cable Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Reese River 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
Deposit Type: Vein
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 veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS GENERALLY RANGE FROM 1 TO 30 OUNCES SILVER TO THE TON, WITH A NEGLIGIBLE AMOUNT OF GOLD.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Silver
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL VALUE GREATER THAN $100,000 ACCORDING TO STEWART ET AL, ACCORDING TO ROSS , TOTAL PRODUCTION IS REPUTED TO BE $2,200,000.
Comment (Deposit): A RATHER POORLY DEFINED CRUSH ZONE IN QUARTZITE WITH IRREGULAR QUARZT VEINLETS.
Comment (Deposit): IN 1937 ONLY ABOUT 550 FT OF WORKINGS WERE ACCESSIBLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM OF NEW YORK CANYON
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDERS 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.
