The Caliente Prospects is a silver and gold mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Caliente Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Caliente Prospects
Secondary: NBMG Sample Sites 1494
Secondary: 1495
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Caliente Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zones, Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Propylitization, Argillization, Bleaching, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Jarosite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): STOCKWORKS, QUARTZ VEINS OCCUR ALONG SHEAR ZONES IN PROPYLITIZED, ARGILLIZED ANDESITE. MINING APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CONCENTRATED AT POINTS WHERE THE MAIN SHEAR ZONE WAS INTERSECTED BY A N10W, VERTICAL SHEAR. ROCK AT INTERSECTION AND ALONG BOTH STRUCTURES IS LACED WITH NARROW QUARTZ VEINLETS. VEINLETS HAVE A N20E TREND, BUT DIP 10-15 SE. MAIN MINED ZONE CONTAINED 3-4 FT WIDE BRECCIATED QUARTZ VEIN WITH FE OXIDES AND MND SPOTS ALONG IT. VEIN HAS DRUSY QUARTZ CRYSTALS FILLING VUGS, SOME JAROOSITE ON FRACTURE SURFACES. THE ROCK ON THE POINT SURROUNDING THE OLD WORKINGS IS BLEACHED AND SILICIFIED NEAR THE SHEAR ZONE; BLEACHING DECREASES AWAY FROM THE MAIN STRUCTURE.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL ADITS, ONE SHAFT, OPEN STOPES, CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1984, AND QUADE, JACK, FIELD EXAMINATION, 6/14/84
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, PL. II.
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.
