The Calico Hills is a mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,560 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: 4,560 Feet (1,390 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.0175, -118.76500
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Calico Hills MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Calico Hills
Secondary: Calico Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1963
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Actinolite
Unknown: Grossularite
Unknown: Tremolite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Location): GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 51 KM SOUTH OF FALLON.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MOORE REPORTS(NEVADA DIRECTORY BIB. REF. #454) THAT THE CALICO HILLS DEPOSIT CONTAINS A VERY LARGE QUANITY OF MATERIAL AVERAGING 20% FE AND .07% CU, AND THAT HIGH-GRADE PORTIONS HAVE AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 44% FE.
Comment (Deposit): GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS LARGE.
References
Reference (Deposit): 454. MOORE, L. ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF CALIFORNIA-NEVADA
Reference (Deposit): IRON RESOURCES AND IRON ORE MARKETS. BUMINES
Reference (Deposit): IC 8511, 1971, 207 PP.
Reference (Deposit): 598. ROSS, D. C. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL
Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.
Reference (Deposit): BULL. 58, 1961, 98 PP.
Reference (Deposit): 740. VAN DENBURGH, A. S. RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING
Reference (Deposit): DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES
Reference (Deposit): IC 6941, 1937, 79 PP.
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.
