Caledonia Mine

The Caledonia Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,047 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Caledonia Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Storey
District: Comstock Lode

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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1871
Discovery Year: 1859
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Development): THE CALEDONIA CLAIM FROM CONSOLIDATION FO SEVEN CLAIMS IN 1861 BY CALEDONIA TUNNEL COMPANY. ORE WAS HIT ASSAYING UP TO $50 TON BUT ECONOMIC CONDITION FORLED CLOSURE IN 1866. WORK WAS RESUMED IN 1869; ORE WAS FOUND AND PRODUCTION CONTINUED UNTIL 1873. CONTINUED EXPLORATION REVEALED SCATTERED BODIES OF LOW GRADE ORE THROUGH THE LATE 1890'S. SOME GOOD ORE($91/TON) WAS FOUND IN 1902, BUT MOST PRODUCTION THROUGH THE EARLY 1900'S WAS FROM RELATIVELY LOW GRADE ORE. THE MINE'S CURRENTLY OFF THE SOUTH END OF HOUSTON OIL & MINERALS' OPEN PIT OPERATION

Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DRIFTS

Comment (Deposit): CALE DONIA CLAIM RESULTED FROM CONSOLIDATION OF SEVEN CLAIMS IN 1866. RESUMED WORK IN 1869 - ORE WAS FOUND, AND WORK CONTINUED UNTIL 1873. CONTINUED EXPLORATION REVEALED SCATTERED BODDIES OF LOW-GRADE ORE THROUGH THE LATE 1890'S. SOME GOOD ORE ($91/TON) WAS FOUND IN 1902, BUT MOST PRODUCTION THROUGH THE EARLY 1900'S WAS FROM RELATIVELY LOW-GRADE ORE. CURRENTLY OFF SOUTH END OF HOUSTON OIL AND MINERALS OPEN PIT MINING OPERATIONS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS TOPOGRAPHIC SHEET, VIRGINIA CITY, 1:24000

Reference (Deposit): WPA. STATE WRITERS PROJECT, 1940-1941; INDIVIDUAL HISTORIES OF THE MINES OF THE COMSTOCK NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL OPEN FILE REPORT

Reference (Production): W.P.A. STATE WRITER'S PROJECT, 1940-41.

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.