Caliente Prospects

The Caliente Prospects is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,521 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Caliente Prospects
Secondary: Pennsylvania Mine
Secondary: Jumbo Pit

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Caliente

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

Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Royal Standard Minerlas Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Virginia
Info Year: 1996

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Electrowin
Discovery Year: 1994
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): SHAFT AND ADITS ARE FILLED IN AND UNACCESSIBLE. RMS RECENTLY (SUMMER, 1996) STARTED EXPLORATION AT THE SITE. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 48 LODE CLAIMS WHICH CONTROL THE PENNSYLVANIA QUARTZ VEIN SYSTEM, AND THE PENNSYLVANIA MINE SITE ALSO LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY IS THE PARTIALLY DEVELOPED JUMBO AU-AG OPEN PTI. EXPLORATION AND DRILLING CONTINUE AS OF 5-97. PREVIOUS EXPLORATION HAS IDENTIFIED A POTENTIAL BULK-MINEABLE, OPEN PIT, RESOURCE OF 700,000 TONS GRADING 0.039 OPT GOLD IN THE CENTRAL CORE AREA. EARLY GOLD-SILVER PRODUCTION IS EXPECTED FROM RESERVES IN THE EXPANDED JUMBO ZONE. ADDITIONAL RESERVES ARE BELIEVED PRESENT IN THE FORMER HEAPLEACH PILE CONTAINING APPROX 50-60000 TONS OF 0.03 OPT AU AND 0.8 OPT AG.

Comment (Geology): NBMG SAMPLE SITE 1494 & 1495

References

Reference (Deposit): ROYAL STANDARD MINERALS, INC. NEWS RELEASE, 1-15-97.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 108, #5, JAN., 29, P9.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #35, AUG., 28 1996, P1.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #34, AUG., 21 1996, P15.

Reference (Deposit): NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, PLATE 2.

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.