The Candelaria Mine is a silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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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
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.15, -118.08333
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Candelaria Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Candelaria Mine
Secondary: Candelaria Partners Mine
Secondary: Lucky Hillpit
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Candelaria
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
Owner Name: Nerco Metals , Peter Petrowsky, Manager,
Home Office: P. O. Box 1246, Hawthorne, Nv 89415.
Years: 1988 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1864
Discovery Year: 1863
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Distal disseminated Ag-Au
Orebody
Form: VEINS, VEINLETS, LENSES, SHOOTS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Successive Sequence Of Recurrent Faulting. Folding And Faulting, With Resultant Deformation.
Type: L
Description: Area Of Greatest Structural Discontinuity Coincides With Intense Rock Alteration And The Greatest Number Of Veins
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Rx Sericitized, Carbonatized, Argillized And Silicified Due To Hydrothermal Action Pre-Aging Or Accompanying Ore Deposition
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Jamesonite
Ore: Bindheimite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 58 .
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION, 10/1/83
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, ADOLF, 1922 , THE CANDELARIA SILVER DISTRICT, NEV., CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, USGS BULL. 735 .
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, B. M., 1959 , GEOLOGY OF THE CANDELARIA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 56 .
Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1994, MI-1993
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS, 1994
Reference (Deposit): 1922 RECON KNOPF, ADOLF BULL. 735 PP 1 - 23
Reference (Deposit): 1923 RECON NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., PP 137 - 157
Reference (Deposit): 1959 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 56
Reference (Deposit): 1961 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 58
Reference (Production): OCCIDENTAL 1980 ANNUAL REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS AND NBMG DISTRICT FILE 195 PRESS CLIPPINGS. BONHAM, H.F., 1988 NBMG MI-1993
Reference (Reserve-Resource): BONHAM, 1988 NBMG MI-1993
Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 195 ITEM 2, CANDELARIA PARTNERS MINE TOUR BOOKLET, 1983.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 195, PRESS CLIPPINGS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1983, MAP 84, ACTIVE MINES AND OIL FIELDS
Reference (Deposit): STATE DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, DEC 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.
Reference (Deposit): MOELLER, STUART, A., 1986, IN GSN 1986 FALL FIELD TRIP GUIDE
Reference (Deposit): MOELLER, STUART, A., 1988, IN GSN SYMPOSIUM TECHNICAL VOLUME P135.
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.
