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Castle Peak Quicksilver 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222694
MRDS ID M055034
MAS/MILS ID 0320290007
Record type Site
Current site name Castle Peak Quicksilver Mine
Related records 10040317

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.6504, 39.4091 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 018 N 021 E 20 SWNESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.6504, 39.4091
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1927
Year of first production 1929

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 41, 1944, P. 184.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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