| Lat / long: | 38.15687, -118.08372 |
| Primary: | Silver |
| Secondary: | Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Copper, Gold |
| Tertiary: | Iron, Manganese, Arsenic, Nickel, Chromium, Uranium |
| Ore: | Bindheimite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Jamesonite, Silver, Smithsonite, Sphalerite |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | LINEAR |
| Discovery year: | 1864 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Large |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1870 |
| Host rock: | Candelaria;Candelaria;Candelaria |
| Host type: | Mudstone |
| Associated rock: | Pickhandle Gulch Formation;Pickhandle Gulch Formation |
| Associated type: | Mafic Volcanic Rock |
| Structure: | The North Side Of The District Is Bounded By A Major Post-Mineral Fault. Recurrent Faulting., Complex Fissures, The Candelaria, Alpha, And Belle Faults; Pickhandle Gulch Complex Thrust Over Candelaria Fm. Of Lower Triassic. |
| Tectonic: | Basin And Range |
| Alteration processes: | Oxidation; Serpentinization Of Pickhandle Gulch Rocks; Sericitization. |
| MRDS | M233028 |
| DEP | 10104012 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58.}{Deposit:: KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1922, THE CANDELARIA SILVER DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 735A, P.1-22.}{Deposit:: COUCH B.F., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVAD* METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE): NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V.37, NO.4, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. NO. 38.}{Deposit:: BURGESS, J.A., 1930, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN BELLE MINE OF THE ARGENTUM MINING CO. OF NEVADA (UNPUB.): NBMG FILES}{Deposit:: PAGE, B.M., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE CANDELARIA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULLETIN 56.}{Deposit:: GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NBMG BULLETIN 81, 84 P.}{Deposit:: MOELLER, S.A., 1988, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION IN THE CANDELARIA DISTRICT: IN, BULK MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN U.S., GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, P.135-158.}{Production:: ROSS, D.C., 1961, TABLE 6.2} |
| Reporter | Flynn, Patricia D. (Tingley, J. V.), Marcus, S. (Usgs-Mio) |