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Castle

Prospect in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174150
MAS/MILS ID 0320090216
Record type Site
Current site name Castle

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -117.52092, 38.01994 (WGS84)
Elevation 1500
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilbert SE(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

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS 40 WEST OF TONOPAH, WHICH IS APPROXIMATLE COALDALE NEVADA, (MILS LAT/LONG).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -117.52092, 38.01994
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Date of Last Modification 961107

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fischer-Watt Gold Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1996
    First year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kennecott Exploration Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1996
    Last year 1996

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Total resources 3356600mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.03 g/mt Gold Major 1996

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, V107, #44, 0CT. 30, 1996, P8, "NEVADA -

  • Deposit

    FISCHER-WATT ACQUIRES CASTLE GOLD PROPERTY".

  • Deposit

    BUSINESS WIRE, OCT. 22, 1996, P1, "FISCHER-WATT BUYS NEVADA

  • Deposit

    PROPERTY".

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAY-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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