The Montezuma Camp is a silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Montezuma Camp MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Montezuma Camp
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Montezuma 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1867
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Gentle Folding, Buckling Of Strata; Later Crushing Of Veins
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Of Sulfide Ore; Kalolinization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): WEST AND NORTHWEST SIDES OF MONTEZUMA PEAK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): DISTRICT ORGANIZED IN 1867, MILL ERECTED IN 1886. IN GULCH ON NW SIDE OF MONTEZUMA PEAK. ACTIVE WORK CEASED IN 1887, BUT SOME OLD PROPERTIES WERE BEING REOPENED IN 1905. PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT $500,000
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT PITS, TRENCHES
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ FISSURE VEIN WITH DIORITE-PORPHYRY DIKE AS HANGING WALL AND LIMESTONE AS FOOTWALL. NATIVE COPPER FORMS KNIFE-EDGES IN CRACKS AND SMALL NODULES IN VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): BALL, S.H., 1906, USGS BULL 285, P. 58-59
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, NEVADA MINERALS AND MINING CAMPS: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO: RENO, NV.
Reference (Deposit): BALL, S.H., 1907, USGS BULL 308, P. 63-64
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.
