Candelaria Mine

Candelaria Mine is a producer of silver, gold, lead, zinc in Mineral County, Nevada, in USGS's large output class. USGS records production from 1864. It is one of 318 historic gold producers USGS lists in Mineral County, and number 3 when they are sorted by output class.

Facts

USGS status
Producer
Output class
large (USGS class)
Commodities
Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Copper, Iron
Deposit type
Distal disseminated Ag-Au
Production years
from 1864
Discovered
1863
County
Mineral County
State
Nevada
Land status (BLM data)
Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management
USGS record
10072147

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, positions can be approximate, and "producer" does not mean a mine is operating today. "Output class" is a code whose meaning changed over the years, so compare sites inside this data and do not read it as tonnage.

This location is mapped as federal land. Public land is not an invitation to enter old workings. Ask the managing agency about access, claims and closures.

Gold sites nearby

23 other USGS gold sites within 12 miles. The Mineral County page lists the biggest.