Mine detail: Castle Rock Mine

Previously called 'Howard GroundCastle Rock Prospect.'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.08549, -117.74676

Resource(M)

Primary: Mercury, Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Ore: Cinnabar, Stibnite
Gangue: Chalcedony, Jarosite, Pyrite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1928

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Gilbert Andesite
Host type:Andesite
Associated rock:Gilbert Andesite
Associated type:Andesite
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM241845
DEP10046652
Reference{Deposit:: BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER PEPOSITS IN NEVADA: UMV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 38, NO. 5, GEOL & MIN. SER. NO 41, P.75.}{Deposit:: ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA CO, NEV: N.B.M.G. BULL. 78, P. 67, PL. 2.}{Deposit:: SILBERMAN, M.L. AND MCKEE, E.H., 1974, IN NBMG REPORT 19, P. 71.}{Deposit:: LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, NBMG BULL. 61, P. 64-65}{Deposit:: SMITH/BENTZ, FIELD EXIMATIONS 23 SEPTEMBER 1982}
ReporterLa Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)