Climax Mine

The Climax Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,679 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: Climax Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 5,679 Feet (1,731 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 37.23556, -116.05250

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Climax Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Climax Mine
Secondary: Tamney Tungsten Property


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Tungsten


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

Owner Name: U.S. Vanadium Corp. ; Goldfield Consolid. Mines Co.
Years: 1939 -

Owner Name: Pacific Bridge Co.
Home Office: San Francisco, Ca.
Years: 1951 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1937
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

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: POWELLITE IS 62.4 % MOO3


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Powellite


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 950 FT ADIT, TWO SHORT ADITS.

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Comment (Production): ABOUT 15 TONS WAS PRODUCED FOR SAMPLING PURPOSES.


References

Reference (Deposit): HOUSER, F.N., AND POOLE, F.G., 1960, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CLIMAX STOCK AND VICINITY, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA:USGS MAP I-328.

Reference (Deposit): SCHALLER; 1911 ; MINERALOGICAL NOTES; USGS BULL. 490

Reference (Deposit): IZETT, G.A., 1960, "GRANITE" EXPLORATION HOLE, AREA 15, NEVADA TEST SITE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA-ITERIM REPORT, PART C, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES: USGS TEM-836C.

Reference (Deposit): BARNES, HARLEY, HOUSER, F.N., AND POOLE, F.G., 1963, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OAK SPRING QUADRANGLE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ-214.

Reference (Deposit): 5) KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 139-140.


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.