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Castle Rock Mine

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, 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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222097
MRDS ID M055246
MAS/MILS ID 0320090123
Record type Site
Current site name Castle Rock Mine
Alternate or previous names Castle Peak Mine, North End & West Side Cinnabar Pros
Related records 10040454

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.74673, 38.08553 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Gate(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 N 038 E 28 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.74673, 38.08553
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gilbert District

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 61, 1963, P. 64, PL. 1

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 78, 1972, P. 67, PL. 2

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 41, 1944, P. 75, PL. 1

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUR OF MINES INFORM CIRC 8252, 1965, PP. 283, 298

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-DEC-1996 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.