The Climax Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,679 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,679 Feet (1,731 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.23556, -116.05250
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Climax Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Climax Mine
Secondary: Tamney Tungsten Property
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Oak Spring District
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: U.S. Vanadium Corp. ; Goldfield Consolid. Mines Co.
Years: 1939 -
Owner Name: Pacific Bridge Co.
Home Office: San Francisco, Ca.
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1937
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: POWELLITE IS 62.4 % MOO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 950 FT ADIT, TWO SHORT ADITS.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE
Comment (Production): ABOUT 15 TONS WAS PRODUCED FOR SAMPLING PURPOSES.
References
Reference (Deposit): HOUSER, F.N., AND POOLE, F.G., 1960, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CLIMAX STOCK AND VICINITY, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA:USGS MAP I-328.
Reference (Deposit): SCHALLER; 1911 ; MINERALOGICAL NOTES; USGS BULL. 490
Reference (Deposit): IZETT, G.A., 1960, "GRANITE" EXPLORATION HOLE, AREA 15, NEVADA TEST SITE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA-ITERIM REPORT, PART C, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES: USGS TEM-836C.
Reference (Deposit): BARNES, HARLEY, HOUSER, F.N., AND POOLE, F.G., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OAK SPRING QUADRANGLE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ-214.
Reference (Deposit): 5) KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 139-140.
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.
