The Cambridge Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lyon county, Nevada.
About the MRDS Data:
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
Cambridge Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cambridge Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Wilson District
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): EARLY HISTORY UNKNOWN; REOPENED IN 1936 WITH SMALL PRODUCTION
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DRIFTS AT 300 & 400-FT LEVELS
Comment (Deposit): EARLY HISTORY UNKNOWN. REOPENED IN 1936 WITH SMALL PRODUCTION. THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY A VERTICAL SHAFT WITH 300- & 400-FOOT LEVELS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): STODDARD & CARPENTER, 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 49
Reference (Deposit): USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK FOR 1936
Reference (Production): MOORE, 1969
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.
