The Climax Stock

The The Climax Stock is a copper, gold, silver, and gemstone mine located in Nye 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

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Site Name

Primary: The Climax Stock
Secondary: Oak Spring Area

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gemstone
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Oak Spring District

Land Status

Land ownership: Military Reservation
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
Discovery Year: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Post-Ore Faulting Has "Smeared" Some Scheelite

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic, Chloritic, Silicic Alteration Of Granodiorite

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Iron
Ore: Galena
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED T & R. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1983

Comment (Production): "THE CHRYSOCOLLA WAS A ROBINS-EGG BLUE AND SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS OF THE MATERIAL HAD BEEN SOLD AS TURQUOISE."

Comment (Workings): 3 VERTICAL AND 2 INCLINED SHAFTS, 3 ADITS, USABLE DIRT ROADS ONE STONE CABIN

Comment (Deposit): VEINS IN SHEARS AND REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE ALONG MARGIN OF CONTACT WITH GRANODIORITE. SOME VEINS HAD BOX WORKS OR OPEN SPACE COCKADE STRUCTURES, SOME WERE BRECCIATED. IN ONE ADIT TUNGSTEN WAS CONCENTRATED ALONG A FAULT SAMPLE 1827 IS FROM AN ADIT DUMP, ADIT TRENDS N 195 FT DEEP IN ALTERED MARBLE. SAMPLE 1928 FROM MINE FACE OF GOUGE, CLAY, MARBLE AND W MINERALIZATION IN A HIGHLY IRON-STAINED OXIDIZED ZONE. SAMPLE 1929 FROM FAULT ZONE 150 FT IN FROM PORTAL WHERE ANOMALOUS SCHEELITE IS CONCENTRATED ALONG THE FAULT. GEM-QUALITY CHRYSOCOLLA CAME FROM 3 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND PROSPECTS ALONG THE NORTH HALF OF OAK SPRINGS WASH. CHRYSOCOALL WAS IN VEINS ALONG HEMATITE-STAINED FRACTURES IN THE LIME STONES AND CALC-SILICATES. THE SECONDARY MINERALIZATION INCLUDED MALACHITE, JASPERY CHRYSOCOLLA, QUARTZ, AZURITE, MANGANESE AND CALCITE.

References

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, J. AND BENTZ, J., 1982-83, FIELD EXAMINATION.

Reference (Deposit): HOUSER, F. AND POOLE, F., PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF THE CLIMAX STOCK, 1960.

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA

Reference (Deposit): BALL, S.H., 1906, USGS BULL 285.

Reference (Production): LINCOLN, 1923

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.