Mine detail: Castle Peak Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 39.40879, -119.65017

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury
Ore: Calomel, Cinnabar, Metacinnabar
Gangue: Barite, Calcite, Gypsum, Marcasite, Pyrite
Orebody form: TABULAR, PIPE , PODS
Discovery year: 1927

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1929-1935, 1939-1941
First production started: 1929

Geology

Host rock:Alta Formation-Andesite
Host type:Andesite
Structure:Ne - Trending Fault
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Argillic And Alunitic

References

MRDSM055034
DEP10040317
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E. H., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES}{Deposit:: BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 41}{Deposit:: STODDARD AND CARPENTER, 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STOREY AND LYON COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 49}{Deposit:: BONHAM, 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WASHOE AND STOREY COUNTIES, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 70.}{Deposit:: 5) HOLMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: IN USBM IC 8252}{Production:: USBM UNPUB DATA}
ReporterGassaway, Judith S.