The Castle Peak Mine is a mercury mine located in Storey county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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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
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: PIPES, VEINS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Joint Sets And Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization, Alunitization
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Calomel
Ore: Mercury
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): NORTHWEST SIDE OF CASTLE PEAK
Comment (Deposit): VOLCANIC PIPELIKE OREBODIES AT INTERSECTION OF JOINTS, AND OREBODIES LOCALIZED ALONG A N-TRENDING FAULT
Comment (Workings): DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, STOPES, SHAFTS, SURFACE WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): THE MERCURYORE BODIES OCCUR IN ARGILLIZED AND ALUNITIZED ALTA ANDESITE. TWO KINDS OF VOLCANIT-TYPE ORE DEPOSITS OCCUR. THE MOST PRODUCTIVE TYPE IS PIPELIKE OREBODIES AT THE INTERSECTION OF STEEPLY DIPPING JOINTS. THE SECOND KIND IS LOCALIZED ALONG A NORTH-TRENDING FAULT; MERCURY OCCURS IN AND BENEATH THE FAULT GOUGE AND ALONG PARALLEL FAULTS IN THE HANGING WALL. THE MAIN PIPELIKE ORE BODY EXTENDED 100 FT. DOWNDIP, WAS A FEW TO 60 FT. IN DIAMETER, AND YIELDED ABOUT 20,000 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 18 POUNDS MERCURY PER TON. WORKINGS ARE EXTENSIVE AND CONSIST OF ABOUT 4,000 FT. OF DRIFT, CROSSCUTS, STOPES, SHAFTS, AND SURFACE WORKINGS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG FULL. 70
Reference (Deposit): STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J. A., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL. 49
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. H., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA, CH. 8 IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFL CIRC. 8252, P. 215-300.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., AND PHOENIX, D. A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41.
Reference (Production): BONHAM, H. F., 1969
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.
