The Caliente Cobalt Mining Co. is a gold and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada.
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Caliente Cobalt Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Caliente Cobalt Mining Co.
Secondary: Encompassed the Advance
Secondary: Old Democrat
Secondary: Contact
Secondary: Gold Stake and Republic Mines For A Time
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Chief (Caliente) 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
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Workings
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Ownership
Owner Name: Caliente Cobalt Mining Co. (1930'S) - Messrs. Burt And Mathews.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Development): TOOK OVER THE 3 PATENTED CLAIMS AND A LARGE PART OF THE DISTRICT IN 1931, ENCOMPASSING 35 CLAIMS. 76 TONS ORE SHIPPED IN 1934, 189 TONS IN 1935 ATWHICH TIME 250 FT OF DEVELOPMENT WORK HAD BEEN DONE AND 3 MEN WERE EMPLOYED. A NEW VERTICAL SHAFT WAS BEING SUNK IN 1937 TO EXTRACT DEEPER ORES.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982
References
Reference (Production): CALLAGHAN, 1936, P. 18-26; NBMG DISTRICT FILE 165
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, A.M. AND CARPENTER, JAY, 1931, INSPECTION TRIP NOTES; NBMG DISTRICT FILE 167, ITEM 3.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 165, PRESS CLIPPINGS: MINING RECORD 1934, 1935, 11937, 1883, 1886, 1904,
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.
