Confidence Mine

The Confidence Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada.

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: Confidence Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lincoln

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 38.11556, -114.05278

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Confidence Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Confidence Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1499


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Eagle Valley (Stateline, Fay, Gold Springs


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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Shear Zone


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Moderate Kaolinization


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1499 CONTAINS


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984, BUT PROPERTY TO THE EAST ALONG THE STRUCTURE (IN UTAH) IS ACTIVE

Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS CUTS, CAVED ADITS ALONG VEIN EXTENDING FOR ABOUT 400 FT ALONG STRIKE.

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN ALONG SHEAR ZONE IN MODERATELY KAOLINIZED RHYOLITE TUFF. VEIN ONLY A FEW INCHES WIDE WITHIN 4-5 FT WIDE BRECCIATED ZONE. BRECCIATED WALLROCK IS FE-OXIDE STAINED, VEIN HAS SOME MNO. VEIN IS VUGGY, WITH QUARTZ, WHITE ADULARIA, AND QUARTZ PSEUDOMORPHS AFTER ADULARIA. ACICULAR QUARTZ CRYSTALS COAT VUGS. EXPOSURES IN UPPER (SOUTHERN) CUTS SHOW PURPLISH RHYOLITE BRECCIA, STREAKY IN APPEARANCE, IN SW WALL OF 2-FT WIDE CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ-CEMENTED BRECCIA, HAS 2 FT OF SOFT KAOLINIZED, IRON-OXIDE-STAINED RUBBLE ON NE WALL. BOTH CALCITE AND JAROSITE ARE PRESENT IN VEIN HERE.


References

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V. AND QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 6/15/84

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C.M. AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, PL. II


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.