The Caustin Mine is a silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 41.83167, -117.56917
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Caustin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Caustin Mine
Secondary: Caustin-Bankers-Diffenbach Area
Secondary: Caustin and Jarvis Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: National Mining District
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Basin And Rae
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AND A TRACE OF SE.
Analytical Data: 23.18 OZ. AG
Analytical Data: 0.0602 AU
Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYED 4.36% SB
Materials
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Marcasite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SHAFT WAS SUNK TO 180 FT. AS AN INCLINE SLOPING 50 DEG W AT CAUSTIN CLAIM; BANKERS INCLINED SHAFT IS 300 FT. DEEP, AND DIFFENBACH SHAFT IS 300 FT. DEEP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Production): UNKNOWN AMOUNT
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: STIBNITE OCCURS AS PARTIALLY OXIDIZED NEEDLES UP TO 1 INCH LONG SCATTERED THROUGH CHALCEDONY AND QUARTZ, AS NEEDLES ON QUARTZ CRYSTALS LINING VUGS AND AS SMALL PODS IN CRUDELY BANDED QUARTZ.
Comment (Location): 1/2 MILE SE OF NATIONAL MINE
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1915, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEW: U.S.G.S. BULL. 601
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: NEV. BUR MINES BULL 59.
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NEV. BUR MINES BULL 61.
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.
