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Caselton Mine

Plant in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222350
MRDS ID M032013
MAS/MILS ID 0320170099
Record type Site
Current site name Caselton Mine
Alternate or previous names Combined Metals Reduction No. 2, Raymond and Ely, Caselton
Related records 10037336, 10270978

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.48274, 37.91916 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pioche(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001 N 067 E 28 NWSWNW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.48274, 37.91916
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N01W
    Dip 01W
    Thickness 10M
    Length 2440M
    Width 400M
    Depth to top 300M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N01W:01W
    Minimum Depth to Top 250
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820222
  • Strike N01W
    Dip 01W
    Thickness 10M
    Length 2440M
    Width 400M
    Depth to top 300M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 2
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N01W:01W
    Minimum Depth to Top 250
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820222
  • Strike N01W
    Dip 01W
    Thickness 6M
    Length 2440M
    Width 140M
    Depth to top 100M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 3
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N01W:01W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 18
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820222
  • Strike N89W
    Dip 90
    Thickness 2.5M
    Length 2440M
    Width 60M
    Depth to top 17M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 4
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N89W:90
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 17
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820222
  • Area 30HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 30
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1864
Year of first production 1864
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation

Mining district

District name Pioche District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kerr-Mc Gee Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Oklahoma City, Ok
    Year 1979

Comments on the ownership information

  • CASELTON MILL OWNED BY COMBINED METALS REDUCTION.

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Period 1951-1954
    Description Sulfide Ores For Zn Pb Ag Au Recovery 136000 Mt Prod. 1951 Thru 1954
  • Year 1955
    Period 1951-1955
    Description Oxidized Ores For Mn Recovery 58000 Mt Prod. From 1951-1955
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Manganese Manganese 58000mt
  • Year 1958
    Period 1924-1958
    Description Sulfide Ores For Zn Pb Ag Au Recovery 2398000 Mt Prod. 1924 Thru 1958

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX NO.1- PRIMARY ORE REPLACEMENT OCCURRING IN COMBINED METALS LIMESTONE MEMBER OF PLIOCHE SHALE FORMATION MATRIX NO.2-OXIDIZED ORE OCCURRING IN THE COMBINED METALS LIMESTONE MEMBER OF THE PLIOCHE SHALE FORMATION. THE ORE IS A RESULT OF OXIDATION OF MATRIX1 TYPE ORE MATRIX 3-OXIDIZED ORE WITH IRON CONTENT OF PLUS 30 PERCENT, OCCURRING IN LIMESTONE YOUNGER (ABOVE) THE COMBINED METALS LIMESTONE. MATRIX 4-OXIDIZED ORE, WITH LOW IRON CONTENT, OCCURRING IN LIMESTONE YOUNGER THAN THE COMBINED METALS LIMESTONE
  • NO PUBLISHED RESERVE-RESOURCE INFORMATION. HOWEVER, SULFIDE ORE LARGELY EXHAUSTED; LARGE QUANTITIES OF OXIDE ORE REMAIN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 54110M
    Overall depth 370M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .33
    Percent Waste Rock 2
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 3
    Length of Inclines (m) 0
    Slope of Inclines 0
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 0
    1st Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    2nd Condition of Workings FLOODED
    3rd Condition of Workings PLUGGED
    Capacity 1500
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 9
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G. H., JR. MINING AND MILLING METHODS AT THE

  • Deposit

    CASELTON MINE, COMBINED METALS REDUCTION COMPANY, PIOCHE,

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES IC 7586, 1950, 24 PP.

  • Deposit

    JAMES, L. P., AND L. H. KNIGHT. STRATABOUND

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    LEAD-ZINC-SILVER ORES OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA -

  • Deposit

    UNUSUAL "MISSISSIPPI VALLEY" DEPOSITS. PAPER IN

  • Deposit

    PROCEEDINGS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION OF

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    GEOLOGISTS/UTAH GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION BASIN AND RANGE

  • Deposit

    SYMPOSIUM AND GREAT BASIN FIELD CONFERENCE (LAS VEGAS, NV,

  • Deposit

    OCT. 7-11, 1979), ED. BY G. W. NEWMAN AND H. D. GOODE.

  • Deposit

    RMAG, 1979, PP. 389-

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    PARK, C.F., JR., GEMMILL, PAUL, AND TSCHANZ, C.M.

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    GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE PIOCHE HILLS, LINCOLN

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP

  • Deposit

    MF-136, 1958.

  • Deposit

    TRENGOVE, R. R. INVESTIGATION OF COMET COALITION

  • Deposit

    LEAD-ZINC DEPOSIT, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES

  • Deposit

    RI 4541, 1949, 6 PP.

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    TRENGOVE, R. R. RECONNAISSANCE OF NEVADA MANGANESE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS. BUMINES RI 5446, 1959, 40 PP.

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C. M., AND E. H. PAMPEYAN. GEOLOGY AND

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    AND GEOL. BULL. 73, 1970, TABLE 10, P. 130.

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L. G., AND A. KNOPF. GEOLOGY AND ORE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

  • Deposit

    PROF. PAPER 171, 1932, 75 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE CASELTON MILL IS OWNED BY THE COMBINE METALS REDUCTION CO., AND IS LEASED TO THE BUNKER HILL CO.. UNDERGROUND RAIL TRANSPORTATION COSTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE MINE OPERATING COSTS. 1985 UPDATE. THERE HAS BEEN NO ACTIVITY AT THE MINE IN THE RECENT PAST. THE MINE HAS NOT PRODUCED SINCE 1958. GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 1 KM S OF PIOCHE GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY: MEDIUM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JUL-88 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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