The Castle Rock Prospect is a mercury mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,820 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,820 Feet (1,774 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 38.08556, -117.74639
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Castle Rock Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Castle Rock Prospect
Secondary: Howard Ground Au
Secondary: North End Cinnabar
Secondary: West Side Cinnabar
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Gilbert District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: F. V. Bovard
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1928
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Monte Cristo Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Wnw Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): NO RESERVES (1943)
Comment (Location): LOCATION TO QUARTER CORNER; TOWNSHIP UNSURVEYED
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFT AND A SHORT DRIFT, SHORT ADITS, AND SEVERAL TRENCHES.
Comment (Deposit): STIBNITE OCCURS IN BRECCIA ZONE IN SLOPE ABOVE THE MERCURY DEPOSIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG. BULL. 41
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61
Reference (Production): BAILEY AND PHOENIX
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Nevada Gold
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.
