The Confidence Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Confidence Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Confidence Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1499
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Eagle Valley (Stateline, Fay, Gold Springs
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Moderate Kaolinization
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1499 CONTAINS
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984, BUT PROPERTY TO THE EAST ALONG THE STRUCTURE (IN UTAH) IS ACTIVE
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS CUTS, CAVED ADITS ALONG VEIN EXTENDING FOR ABOUT 400 FT ALONG STRIKE.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN ALONG SHEAR ZONE IN MODERATELY KAOLINIZED RHYOLITE TUFF. VEIN ONLY A FEW INCHES WIDE WITHIN 4-5 FT WIDE BRECCIATED ZONE. BRECCIATED WALLROCK IS FE-OXIDE STAINED, VEIN HAS SOME MNO. VEIN IS VUGGY, WITH QUARTZ, WHITE ADULARIA, AND QUARTZ PSEUDOMORPHS AFTER ADULARIA. ACICULAR QUARTZ CRYSTALS COAT VUGS. EXPOSURES IN UPPER (SOUTHERN) CUTS SHOW PURPLISH RHYOLITE BRECCIA, STREAKY IN APPEARANCE, IN SW WALL OF 2-FT WIDE CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ-CEMENTED BRECCIA, HAS 2 FT OF SOFT KAOLINIZED, IRON-OXIDE-STAINED RUBBLE ON NE WALL. BOTH CALCITE AND JAROSITE ARE PRESENT IN VEIN HERE.
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V. AND QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 6/15/84
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.
