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Castle Rock Prospect

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, Antimony
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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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040454
MRDS ID M055246
Record type Site
Current site name Castle Rock Prospect
Alternate or previous names Howard Ground Au, North End Cinnabar, West Side Cinnabar
Related records 10222097

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.74732, 38.08549 (WGS84)
Elevation 1774
Relative position 0.3 MILES SOUTH OF CASTLE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Gate(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 038E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO QUARTER CORNER; TOWNSHIP UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Stibnite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.74732, 38.08549
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Wnw Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 75 W
    Dip 65 S
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 65 S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1928
Production years 1928

Mining district

District name Gilbert District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F. V. Bovard

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVES (1943)

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFT AND A SHORT DRIFT, SHORT ADITS, AND SEVERAL TRENCHES.

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

    LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61

  • Production

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STIBNITE OCCURS IN BRECCIA ZONE IN SLOPE ABOVE THE MERCURY DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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