Cambridge Mine

The Cambridge Mine is a gold mine located in Lyon county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Cambridge Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lyon

Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 38.6875, -119.00833

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Cambridge Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Cambridge Mine
Secondary: Oxford Claims Nbmg # 4209


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Uranium


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Wilson - Cambridge


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Russel Henderson
Home Office: 2236 N 17 Th Street, Grand Junction,Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES UNKNOWN

Comment (Development): EARLY HISTORY DATES FROM THE 1860'S BUT THERE ARE NO RECORDS BEFORE 1936,WHEN IT WAS REOPENED AND HAD SOME SMALL PRODUCTION. ; ECON.COM: REPORTED TO BE SMALL,BUT RECORDS ARE UNAVAILABLE

Comment (Workings): A NUMBER OF SHAFTS, ADITS AND PROSPECT PITS AT LEAST 3 SHAFTS EXIST, THE MAIN SHAFT IS INCLINEDAT 50 DEG TO THE NW. THE LARGE VERTICAL SHAFT IS SAID TO HAVE 300 AND 400 LEVELS. PROSPECTS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH ALONG THE STRIKE.

Comment (Geology): SAMPLE #4209 WAS TAKEN FROM WHAT APPEARED TO BE A SMALL STOCKPILE OF QUARTZ AND QUARTZ BRECCIA TO THE EAST OF THE VERY LARGE MAIN DUMP.

Comment (Deposit): IT LATER TURNED OUT THAT MR. HENDERSON BLANKED THE AREA WITH CLAIMS USING OLD ENGLISH NAMES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 75 .

Reference (Deposit): MINING JOURNAL, 1942 , CONCENTRATES FROM WESTERN STATES: MINING JOURNAL, (ARIZONA), V. 25 , NO. 18 , P. 19 - 32 .

Reference (Deposit): STEWART ET AL, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PINE GROVE HILLS 15 MIN. QUAD

Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS,WILSON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 06-14-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).


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.