The Commodore Mine is a silver and zinc mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,559 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,559 Feet (2,304 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 39.1896, -115.51230
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Commodore Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Commodore Mine
Secondary: Lani
Secondary: Badger
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Ellsworth District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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Administrative Organization: BLM Ely Administration District
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Gold Creek Corp
Info Year: 1980
Owner Name: Einar Erickson
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Sediment-hosted Au;Alligator-type?
Operation Type: Surface
Year First Production: 1979
Year Last Production: 1980
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Sediment-hosted Au
Model Name: Sediment-hosted Au
Orebody
Form: roughly tabular replacement in fault zone
Structure
Type: L
Description: fault zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Ore is silicified and oxidized.
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Mississippian
Age Old: Late Devonian
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Mississippian
Age Old: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Economic Factors): From 1979 to1980 about 15,000-20,000 tons of ore were mined grading about 2 ounces per ton, Ag. No reserve data is available.
Comment (Commodity): Ore Materials: silver sulfides?
Comment (Commodity): Gangue Materials: calcite
Comment (Deposit): Host rock (Pilot Shale?) is a fine-grained sedimentary rock that is banded with iron oxide coloration, outcropping immediately above and east of the pit. Two ore dump sites are cut into this sedimentary rock, which also forms the NE wall of the pit while a light to medium gray limestone forms the SW wall of the pit. The ore zone appears to have been a pod of silicified carbonate material lying along the flat contact between the shale and limestone units. Rock in pit is maroon-brown to gray in color with black areas and is strongly fractured. Dark brown and white coarse calcite vein. Gray to purple silicified sandy limestone is cut by thin calcite veinlets. Rock is fractured with white silica coating fractures.
Comment (Development): A small open pit mine was worked during the summers of 1979 and 1980, chiefly for silver with grades running less than 2.0 ounces per ton. About 15,000-20,000 tons of ore were mined. The ore was heap-leached at Hamilton. The mine was operated by Gold Creek Corp., which operated several mines at the time in this part of Nevada.
Comment (Geology): Host rock (Pilot Shale?) is a fine-grained sedimentary rock that is banded with iron oxide coloration, outcropping immediately above and east of the pit. Two ore dump sites are cut into this sedimentary rock, which also forms the NE wall of the pit while a light to medium gray limestone forms the SW wall of the pit. The ore zone appears to have been a pod of silicified carbonate material lying along the flat contact between the shale and limestone units. Rock in pit is maroon-brown to gray in color with black areas and is strongly fractured. Dark brown and white coarse calcite vein. Gray to purple silicified sandy limestone is cut by thin calcite veinlets. Rock is fractured with white silica coating fractures.
Comment (Identification): This record includes all information in record # M233762 and should supersede record M233762 for this mine.
Comment (Location): The mine is located about 3 km south of Treasure Hill.
Comment (Workings): Small open pit was worked during the summers of 1979 and 1980.
References
Reference (Deposit): Nevada Division of Minerals, 1980: Directory of Nevada Mine Operations Active during calendar year 1980.
Reference (Deposit): Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.
Reference (Deposit): STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING 1979, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION, APRIL 1980, P. 62
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.
