The Castle Park is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Castle Park MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Castle Park
Secondary: Skootumpaw
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Loray
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PRODUCED SILICA FLUX IN RECENT YEARS. OLD SHAFTS, LARGE OPENCUTS ON POINT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Production): PRODUCED SILICA FLUX IN RECENT YEARS.
Comment (Development): PRODUCED SILICA FLUX IN RECENT YEARS
Comment (Deposit): VEIN. MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZITE, SHATTERED; PALE FE-OX & CU-OX STAIN ON SHEAR ZONE
Comment (Workings): OLD SHAFT, LARGE OPEN CUTS ON POINT
Comment (Geology): MASSIVE WHITE QTZITE, SHATTERED, PALE FEOX CUDX STAIN ON N80 DEG W 55 DEG N SHEAR ZONE. MAJOR SHEAR DIRECTION N 10 DEG W, 48 DEG NE
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 1976-56
Reference (Deposit): FIELD EXAMINATION BY J.V. TINGLEY, NBMG, ON 7/14/80
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M. (1976) P. 106-7.
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.
