The Cappy's Diggins is a silver and lead mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,841 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,841 Feet (2,085 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 38.68722, -114.81472
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Cappy's Diggins MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cappy's Diggins
Secondary: Streator Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 819
Secondary: Consolidated Group-5 Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Patterson; Cave Valley; Patterson Pass
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Owner Name: Great Western Mining And Development Co., Patrick C. Fraser
Home Office: 1405 Mill St., Ely, Nv.
Years: 1931 -
Owner Name: Unidentified Owner-Occupant
Years: 1981 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Shear
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation ; Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 819 OF LIMESTONE BRECCIA WITH QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS 500 PPM MN, 15 PPM AG, 30 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 50 PPM CD, 10 PPM CO, 200 PPM CU, 30 PPM NI, 5000 PPM PB, 200 PPMSR, 500 PPM ZN, 15 PPM ZR.
Materials
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): (M160 AS OF 1931) CURRENTLY THERE ARE SEVERAL SHAFTS WITH HEADFRAMES AND ORE CHUTES AND SEVERAL BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY SHALLOW OPENINGS; STREATOR MINE SHAFT IS ON THE CONSOLIDATED NO. 1 CLAIM.
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN CAVE VALLEY ON LOW HILLS ON SOUTH SIDE OF NORTH CREEK. UNSURVEYED AREA
Comment (Development): "REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED SOME HIGH GRADE ORE AT A RELATIVELY EARLY DAY" (SCHRADER, 1931, P14), SHAFTS CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON A SMALL SCALE
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE BED BUT MAY CROSS-CUT BEDDING AT DEPTH (M40 & M50 AS OF 1931). MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN THE LIMESTONE AND SHALE ABOVE THE QUARTZITE. THE SHAFTS ARE IN A SILICIFIED, BRECCIATED LIMESTONE UNIT (PIOCHE FM). PUMP ROCK IS BROWN SILICIFIED LIMESTONE WITH QUARTZ AND CALCITE VEINS AND VEINLETS. SOME QUARTZ VEIN WAS NOTED WITH PODS OF GALENA AND COPPER OXIDES. SOME STRONGLY SILICIFIED QUARTZ-CEMENTED BRECCIA WITH SILICIFIED FRAGMENTS WAS NOTED ON THE DUMP. ALTHOUGH NO STRUCTURE WAS OBSERVED IN THE SHAFTS, THE PRESENCE OF ABUNDANT BRECCIA ON THE DUMP AND THE ALIGNMENT OF THE SHAFTS INDICATE THAT THESE WORKINGS EXPLORED REPLACEMENT ALONG A SHEAR ZONE. POSSIBLY THE QUARTZ VEIN WAS EMPLACED ALONG A SHEAR ZONE ALSO, ALTHOUGH THE VEIN DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN BRECCIATED.
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGIC SETTING SIMILAR TO CAVE VALLEY WORKINGS. QUARTZ VEINS COMMON, MAY HAVE BEEN EMPLACED ALONG SHEAR ZONE. REPLACEMENT OF LOWERMOST LIMESTONE BED IN PIOCHE FM. WHICH OVERLIES THICK QUARTZITE BED
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1931, NOTES ON ORE DEPOSITS AT CAVE VALLEY, PATTERSON DISTRICT, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA: UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL, VOL 25, #3, P 5-16
Reference (Deposit): FIELD CHECK BY BENTZ/SMITH, NBMG, 1981
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C. M. AND PAMPEYAN, E. H., 1970, NBMG BULL 73, P. 165-171.
Reference (Production): SCHRADER 1931 P11
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.
