Castle Creek Mercury

The Castle Creek Mercury is a mercury mine located in Owyhee county, Idaho.

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 Creek Mercury  

State:  Idaho

County:  Owyhee

Elevation:

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 42.9706, -116.41360

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Castle Creek Mercury MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Castle Creek Mercury


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Idaho
County: Owyhee


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: G. V. Kantack


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED AT COMMON SECTION CORNER


References

Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN IDAHO, 1965, USBM IC 8252


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