The Castle Peak Mine is a mercury mine located in Storey county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,040 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,040 Feet (1,841 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 39.40889, -119.64917
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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 District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Castle Peak Mining Co.
Production
Year: 1957
Time Period: To 1957
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^8.7 Lb/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1929
Discovery Year: 1927
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, PIPE , PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne - Trending Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic And Alunitic
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE RAN 9 LB HG PER TON. YIELD OF 58 LB HG PER FT. OF WORKINGS
Materials
Ore: Metacinnabar
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Calomel
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ITEM 1 AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 50 FL. HIGH PRICES (REF. 1942) MAY OFFER POSSIBILITIES AS OF 1943.{ITEM 2. HOLMES, 1965, BELIEVES THAT SIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION WILL NOT OCCUR
Comment (Development): DMEA CONTRACT RECOMMENDED DENIED IN 1957
Comment (Deposit): INTERSECTING JOINTS AND A NORTHERLY - TRENDING FAULT
Comment (Workings): (WORKINGS IN 1943) OPEN PIT. LAST OPERATED 1943.
Comment (Geology): FLAT - LYING PLEIST. BASALT OVERLIES DEFORMED AND ALTERED TERT. ANDESITE
References
Reference (Deposit): STODDARD AND CARPENTER, 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 49
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70.
Reference (Deposit): 5) HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41
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.
