Mine detail: Calaveras Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.13493, -113.82612

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Orthoclase, Quartz, Sericite, Specularite, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	PIPELIKE AND TABULAR, IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Basin And Range, Irregularly Embayed Oquirrh Fm In Quartz Monzonite

References

MRDS	DC15183
DEP	10021196
Reference	{Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT: USGS P.P. 177, P. 124}{Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, TOOELE CO., UTAH: USGS P.P. 17}{Deposit:: 1935 GEOLMAP NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, PL. 2}{Deposit:: 1935 RECON NOLAN, PROF. PAPER 177, P. 124}{Deposit:: 1981 MINEMAP UTAH GEOL SURVEY FILES}{Production:: NOLAN, 1935, THE GOLD HILL MINING DISTRICT, UTAH: USGS P.P. 177}{Reserve-Resource:: MESSENGER, H.M., III, 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY}
Reporter	Messenger, Harold M. III