The Capstone Deposit is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,561 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,561 Feet (1,695 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.0225, -116.41250
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Capstone Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Capstone Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Carlin District; Bootstrap Subdistrict
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Newmont Exploration, Ltd.
Home Office: Elko, Nv
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1992
Discovery Year: 1986
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Roberts Mountains Thrust Fault.
Type: L
Description: Multiple Fault Sets Are Recognized. North-Striking High Angle Normal Faults Are Offset By Nw- And Ne-Striking High Angle Normal Faults. E-W-Striking High Angle Faults Offset All Other Structures.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification And Argillization. Silicification Of Both Carbonate And Siliciclastic Sedimentary Rocks Predates Gold Mineralization. Late Stage Argillization Overprints Silicification Near Dikes And Structures And Is Associated With Gold Deposition.
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): First Production Year: SCHED. FOR 1992
Comment (Location): CAPSTONE DEPOSIT IS CONTIGUOUS WITH THE BOOTSTRAP DEPOSIT.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): FIGURES REPRESENT TOTAL COMBINED RESERVES FOR BOTH CAPSTONE AND BOOTSTRAP DEPOSITS USING OVERALL STRIP RATIO OF 2.5:1.
Comment (Development): THE CAPSTONE DEPOSIT WAS DISCOVERED BY EXPLORATION DRILLING CONDUCTED BY NEWMONT IN 1986 AS PART OF A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO EXPAND AND DEVELOP ADDITIONAL RESERVES FOR THE BOOTSTRAP MINE. ; ECON.COM: INITIAL PRODUCTION SCHEDULED FOR 1992.
References
Reference (Deposit): BAKER, E.D., 1991, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BOOTSTRAP SUBDISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA IN GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, RAINES, G.L., ET AL, EDS., THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 619-623.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1991, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY 1990, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990, P. 19.
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.
