Calico Shaft

The Calico Shaft is a lead, molybdenum, and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,305 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Calico Shaft  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 5,305 Feet (1,617 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Molybdenum, Silver

Lat, Long: 39.04556, -117.96750

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Calico Shaft MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Calico Shaft


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Lodi District/Quartz Mtn.


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Cache Creek Exploration Co. And Cyprus Mining Corp.
Years: 1973 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1920
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: COATS FRACTURES


Structure

Type: L
Description: Calico Fault (Ne, 60 Nw) With Volcanics On The Hanging Wall.


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritization, Argillization Of Rhyolite


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Comment (Development): EXPLORATION FOR MO-CU OREBODIES BEGAN HERE IN THE EARLY 1970'S WHEN BEAR CREEK MINING CO. STAKED CLAIMS ON MO-BEARING VEINS OF THE CALICO MINE. IN 1973, CACHE CREEK EXPLORATION CO AND CYPRUS MINING CORP BEGAN EXPLORATION WORK, RENOVATED THE CALICO SHAFT, DID GEOLOGIC AND GEOPHYSICAL STUDIES AND DRILLED 8 HOLES. AMAX EXPLORATION CO DRILLED 2 HOLES, BOTH OF WHICH CUT PYRITIZED STRATA AND ONE OF WHICH CUT MOLYBDENITE- BEARING HORNFELS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 400 FT CALICO SHAFT


References

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.