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Castle Peak Mine

Past Producer in Storey county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040317
MRDS ID M055034
Record type Site
Current site name Castle Peak Mine
Related records 10222694

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.65017, 39.40879 (WGS84)
Elevation 1841
Relative position NW SIDE OF CASTLE MTN 6.5 MI NORTH OF VIRGINIA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Storey(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steamboat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Truckee(hydrologic unit)

Truckee(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Storey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 021E 20 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calomel Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Metacinnabar Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic And Alunitic

Analytical data

Result ORE RAN 9 LB HG PER TON. YIELD OF 58 LB HG PER FT. OF WORKINGS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Alta Formation-Andesite
    Rock description Alta Formation-Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.65017, 39.40879
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne - Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PIPE , PODS
    Thickness 18.29M
    Length 12.19M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N Trending 60 E Dipping Fault, Joint Sets Striking N55w, N65e

Comments on the geologic information

  • FLAT - LYING PLEIST. BASALT OVERLIES DEFORMED AND ALTERED TERT. ANDESITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1927
Discoverer Hank Lufek
Year of first production 1929
Production years 1929-1935, 1939-1941

Mining district

District name Castle Peak District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Castle Peak Mining Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period To 1957
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^8.7 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Mercury Mercury 3930g/mt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 50 FL. HIGH PRICES (REF. 1942) MAY OFFER POSSIBILITIES AS OF 1943.{ITEM 2. HOLMES, 1965, BELIEVES THAT SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION WILL NOT OCCUR

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 1011.94M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • (WORKINGS IN 1943) OPEN PIT. LAST OPERATED 1943.

Comments on development

  • DMEA CONTRACT RECOMMENDED DENIED IN 1957

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41

  • Deposit

    STODDARD AND CARPENTER, 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 49

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70.

  • Deposit

    5) HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252

  • Production

    USBM UNPUB DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTERSECTING JOINTS AND A NORTHERLY - TRENDING FAULT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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