Cassidy Mine

Occurrence in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047485
MRDS ID M242843
Record type Site
Current site name Cassidy Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Sites 2924, 2925

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.2324, 40.8296 (WGS84)
Elevation 1262

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trego(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gerlach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 024E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM IS FOR SAMPLE SITE 2924 (SHAFT). UTM FOR SAMPLE SITE 2925 IS N4521860, E311860. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SMAPLE 2924 FROM DUMPS OF INCLINE CONTAINS 3 % FE, 0.03 % MG, 0.07 % CA, 0.05 % TI, 300 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 700 PPM AS, 10 PPM AU, 100 PPM BA, 100 PPM BI, 10 PPM CO, 15 PPM CR, 150 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 500 PPM PB, 200 PPM SB, 100 PPM V, 300 PPM ZN, AND 15 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS). SAMPLE 2925 FROM SMALL SHAFT DUMP CONTAINS 3 % FE, 0.03 % MG, 0.1 % CA, 0.02 % TI, 100 PPM MN, 70 PPM AG, 700 PPM AS, 20 PPM AU, 70 PPM B, 70 PPM BA, 150 PPM BI, 15 PPM CO, 20 PPM CR, 200 PPM CU, 10 PPM MO, 2000 PPM PB, 300 PPM SB, 200 PPM V, AND 13 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.2324, 40.8296

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1935

Mining district

District name Trego Mining Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE INCLINE, SEVERAL SMALL SHAFTS AND SHALLOW ADITS, PROSPECTS, DOZERCUTS. PROBABLY CONSIDERABLE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ACCESSED BY THE INCLINE, JUDGING FROM SIZE OF DUMPS.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1985. WORKINGS APPEAR TO DATE FROM 1930'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 5 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, NBMG BULL 89, PL. I.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEST VEIN MATERIAL IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCLINE SHAFT IN MAIN PART OF CAMP (SAMPLE SITE 2924). VEIN MATERIAL INCLUDES HYDROTHERMAL BRECCIA WITH CHALCOPYRITE, AND POSSIBLE TETRAHEDRITE. SAMPLE 2925 WAS FROM A SHAFT ON HILLSDIE SW OF MAIN CAMP A FEW HUNDRED YARDS. DUMP MATERIAL HERE INCLUDED GRANITE, EPIDOTE, AND LESS MINERALIZED MATERIAL CONTAINING PYRITE, SDIERITE, AND CHALCOPYRITE. IRON OXIDES ARE COMMON IN ALL VEINS.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1930'S ?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1987 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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