The Climax Mine is a silver mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,440 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,440 Feet (1,963 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.1525, -118.10222
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Climax Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Climax Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Candelaria
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bindheimite
Comments
Comment (Production): CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION UNKNOWN
Comment (Deposit): VEINS PARRALLEL WITH STRIKE OF COUNTRY ROCK. VEINS ALSO SIMILAR IN NATURE OF THOSE FOUND AT POTOSI MINE
Comment (Workings): MAIN ADIT WITH SEVERAL AUXILLARY ADITS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: REFER TO RECORD NO. M035465
Comment (Location): EST. LOCATION .2 MI SOUTH OF GEORGINE MINE
References
Reference (Production): PAGE ( F1 )
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, B. M., 1959 , GEOLOGY OF THE CANDELARIA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 56
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.
