USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Humboldt County
Caustin Mine
Mindat Confirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Humboldt
- Mining district
- National Mining District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Also known as
- Caustin and Jarvis Prospect, Caustin-Bankers-Diffenbach Area
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 34 T46N R39E Deposit: Shaft was sunk to 180 ft. As an incline sloping 50 deg W at caustin claim; bankers inclined shaft is 300 ft. Deep, and diffenbach shaft is 300 ft. Deep. ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept; 3 field observ Deposit type: Hot…
Additional documented workings
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Incline
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 180 ft, 300 ft deep.
Mindat -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 180 ft, 300 ft deep.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
- 14 adit symbols
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Incline
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Sec 34 T46N R39E Deposit: Shaft was sunk to 180 ft. As an incline sloping 50 deg W at caustin claim; bankers inclined shaft is 300 ft… -
Shaft
· depth 180 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: Sec 34 T46N R39E Deposit: Shaft was sunk to 180 ft. As an incline sloping 50 deg W at caustin claim; bankers inclined shaft is 300 ft…
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chalcedony
- Quartz
- Marcasite
- Pyrargyrite
- Stibnite
- Basalt
- Chalcedony
- commodity:Antimony
View all 17 reported minerals
- Chalcedony
- Quartz
- Marcasite
- Pyrargyrite
- Stibnite
- Basalt
- Chalcedony
- commodity:Antimony
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Iron
- commodity:Silver
- Marcasite
- Pyrargyrite
- Quartz
- Rhyolite
- Stephanite
- Stibnite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (1)
- mapped adit symbols (14)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 59687
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (12)
- underground workings
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