Castle Peak Mine

The Castle Peak Mine is a mercury mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,040 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Castle Peak Mine

State:  Nevada

County:  Storey

Elevation: 6,040 Feet (1,841 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 39.40889, -119.64917

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Castle Peak Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Castle Peak Mine


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Nevada
County: Storey
District: Castle Peak District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Castle Peak Mining Co.


Production

Year: 1957
Time Period: To 1957
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^8.7 Lb/Ton


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1929
Discovery Year: 1927
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR, PIPE , PODS


Structure

Type: R
Description: Ne - Trending Fault


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic And Alunitic


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE RAN 9 LB HG PER TON. YIELD OF 58 LB HG PER FT. OF WORKINGS


Materials

Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Calomel
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Gypsum


Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ITEM 1 AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 50 FL. HIGH PRICES (REF. 1942) MAY OFFER POSSIBILITIES AS OF 1943.{ITEM 2. HOLMES, 1965, BELIEVES THAT SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION WILL NOT OCCUR

Comment (Development): DMEA CONTRACT RECOMMENDED DENIED IN 1957

Comment (Deposit): INTERSECTING JOINTS AND A NORTHERLY - TRENDING FAULT

Comment (Workings): (WORKINGS IN 1943) OPEN PIT. LAST OPERATED 1943.

Comment (Geology): FLAT - LYING PLEIST. BASALT OVERLIES DEFORMED AND ALTERED TERT. ANDESITE


References

Reference (Deposit): STODDARD AND CARPENTER, 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 49

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70.

Reference (Deposit): 5) HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252

Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.