| Deposit ID | 10045103 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232765 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Caustin Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Caustin-Bankers-Diffenbach Area, Caustin and Jarvis Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.57015, 41.83155 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2073 |
| Relative position | 60 MILES NORTH OF WINNEMUCCA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Humboldt(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Buckskin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)
Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Humboldt |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 043N | 039E | 34 | NE OF NW | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Marcasite | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Chalcedony | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYED 4.36% SB |
|---|---|
| Result | 0.0602 AU |
| Result | 23.18 OZ. AG |
| Result | AND A TRACE OF SE. |
| Model code | 104 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25a |
| Deposit model name | Hot-spring Au-Ag |
| Mark3 model number | 45 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt |
| (1) | -117.57015, 41.83155 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| District name | National Mining District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 243.84M |
| Overall depth | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232765 |
LINDGREN, W., 1915, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEW: U.S.G.S. BULL. 601
WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: NEV. BUR MINES BULL 59.
LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NEV. BUR MINES BULL 61.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SHAFT WAS SUNK TO 180 FT. AS AN INCLINE SLOPING 50 DEG W AT CAUSTIN CLAIM; BANKERS INCLINED SHAFT IS 300 FT. DEEP, AND DIFFENBACH SHAFT IS 300 FT. DEEP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1981 | La Pointe, D. D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1994 | Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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