Commodore Mine

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

Name: Commodore Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

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
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.
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


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