The Pius Kaelin Group is a gold, lead, and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,259 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,259 Feet (1,603 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.54028, -116.88111
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Pius Kaelin Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pius Kaelin Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Gold Crater 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: Kaelin, Pius
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1904
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Stonewall Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Country Rock Is Silicified And Kaolinized
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1950 - MILLING ORE CONTAINS 10 % PB, 14-24 OZ AG, $8-$12 AU PER TON.
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS, ONE 20 FT INCLINE, AND A 30 FT SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): BALL, S.H., 1907, A GEOLOGIC RECON. IN SW NEV. AND E. CALIF.: USGS BULL. 308, P. 139-140.
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 69-70.
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 69
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.
