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Casting Copper Mine

Past Producer in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037696
MRDS ID M035872
Record type Site
Current site name Casting Copper Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG # 4409

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.27765, 38.94713 (WGS84)
Elevation 1701
Relative position 3.5 MI. EAST OF ARTESIA LAKE, SINGATSE RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Artesia Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012N 24E 11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MILE SW OF LUDWIG MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Covellite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Albitic, Sericitic, Propylitic, Weak Potassic

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Yerington Batholith;Yerington Batholith
    Rock description Yerington Batholith;Yerington Batholith
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Rhyolite To Dacite Volcanics;Qtz. Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Rhyolite To Dacite Volcanics;Qtz. Monzonite Porphyry

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.27765, 38.94713
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Yerington Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Trending N 50 E Dipping 70 Nw

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, LARGE SKARN
    Dip DIPPING 70 DEGREES NW
    Plunge THE MAJOR STRUCTURAL CONTROL IS A N 50 DEGREE SHEAR
    Plunge direction ABOUT 200 FT. ABOVE THE SHEAR IS A SECONDARY ENRICHMENT
    Length 121.92M
    Width 45.72M
  • General form LENS, LARGE SKARN
    Dip DIPPING 70 DEGREES NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Above 200 Ft Level In Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE OCCURS AT THE CONTACT BETWEEN GARNETIZED META-SEDIMENTS AND LIMESTONE THAT HAS BEEN INTRUDED BY GRANDIORITE AND MONZONITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Production years 1916-1919

Mining district

District name Yerington

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1914
    Period Up Till 1914
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^5 Percentcu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 5wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • GLORY HOLE, SHAFT DOWN TO 350 LEVEL, RAILROAD BED PASSES RIGHT THROUGH THE DUMPS.

Comments on development

  • HISTORY: BEFORE 1914, 29,000 TONS WERE SHIPPED BUT NO DETAILS, WITH THE MAJOR PRODUCTION BETWEEN 1916 TO 1919. ; ECON.COM: REPORTED TO TOTAL $ 4,265, 942.00

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE NEVADA COPPER BELT (NCB) DEAD-HEADED AT LUDWIG TO THE NORTH AND ALSO CARRIED ORE TO THE CASTING COPPER MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit IN A FRINGE POSITION RELATIVE TO THE ANDRADITE - CHALCOPYRITE SHARNS WITH MANY SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS TO THE MASON VALLEY MINE ( RECORD NO. M035865 ) SECONDARY ENRICHMENT : CHALCOTITE, COVELLITE, CHRYSOCOLLA, AND COPPER CARBONATES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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