Cave Valley Mine

The Cave Valley Mine is a lead, silver, and copper mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,601 feet.

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: Cave Valley Mine
Secondary: Great Western Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 815, 816, 817, 818a, 818b
Secondary: Subterranean Group of 6 Claims, Original Cave Group of 5 Claims,
Secondary: Big Fissure Group of 6 Claims, Hidden Fissure Group of 2 Claims.

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Clay
Tertiary: Arsenic

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Patterson; Cave Valley; Patterson Pass

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

Owner Name: Hendrix, Will And Eva

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1922
Discovery Year: 1921
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENSE

Form: LENSE

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation , Silicificationte

Rocks

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Lead
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): ON HILL ON EAST SIDE OF CAVE VALLEY, NORTH OF COTTONWOOD CANYON

Comment (Development): SOME PREVIOUS WORK MAY HAVE BEEN DONE PRIOR TO 1920 . 10 TONS SHIPPED PRE-193

Comment (Deposit): 5 N-TRENDING FISSURES PRESENT IN MINE AREA. A 1-5 FTVEIN ANDSMALL BEDDED REPLACEMENTS IN OR NEAR THE LOWER LIMESTONE IN THE PIOCHE SHALE CONTAIN PB,AG, AND CU MINERALS. URANIUM MINERALS WERE REPORTED IN 1930 AT THIS MINE, BUT SCHRADER (1931) FOUND NONE. HOWEVER, PSITTACINITE (A YELLOW PB-ZN VANADATE) WAS FOUND, AND MAY HAVE BEEN MISTAKEN FOR CARNOTITE.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS AND SHAFTS ( 20FT DEEP), 2 NW STRIKING ADITS TO E ONE DEEP SHAFT 10W. MORE WORKINGS THAN SHOWN ON MAP IN E PT OF DISTRICT.

Comment (Geology): NORTH-STRIKING VEINS, SOME BRXIATED. REPLACEMENT ALONG SHEARS IN LS

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, 1976, GEOL & MIN RES. OF WP CO, NBMG BULL 85

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, NBMG BULL 73

Reference (Deposit): FIELD CHECK BY BENTZ/SMITH 6/13/81, NBMG

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 1973, NBMG BULL 81, P. 71.

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL, 1930, MARCH 30, P. 39.

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., 1931, NBMG BULL 10, P. 10-13.

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.