Caustin Mine

The Caustin Mine is a silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 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: Caustin Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Humboldt

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

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.