Caledonia

The Caledonia is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Caledonia

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Cortez District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Polymetallic replacement

Orebody

Form: STRATABOUND, TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Roberts Mtn Thrust

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena

Comments

Comment (Production): ORERAN 120 OZ/T AG, $20 AU/TON, 13 % PB IN 1910

Comment (Deposit): ORE SHOOT, PARALLEL TO BEDDING, WAS FOLLOWED DOWN 50 FEET

Comment (Workings): INCLINE

Comment (Deposit): NEAR THE MOUTH OF MILL CANYON ABOUT ONE MILE DOWNSTREAM OF THE SCHOOLHOUSE.

References

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 64

Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO 41, REFERENCE NO 3201100074

Reference (Deposit): EMMONS W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA, LANDER, & ELKO GOS., USGS BULL 408

Reference (Deposit): GILLUBY J., & MASURSKY H. (1965) GEOLOGY OF THE CORTEZ QUADRANGLE, NEV. USGS BULL 1175

Reference (Production): EMMONS, W.H., 1918

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.