Cappy's Diggins, White Pine County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Cappy's Diggins | Mine |
| White Pine County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 41' 13'' North , 114° 48' 56'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lund | 282 (2011) | 25.1km |
Mindat Locality ID:
438658
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:438658:5
GUID (UUID V4):
8288939b-2bcd-4139-b05e-3d8c731bcfc3
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Streator Mine; NBMG Sample Site 819; Consolidated Group-5 Claims
Structure: Nw Trending Shear
Alteration: Oxidation ; Silicification
Deposit: Deposit occurs As replacement of limestone bed but may cross-cut bedding at depth (m40 & m50 As of 1931). Mineralization occurs in the limestone and shale above the quartzite. The shafts are in a silicified, brecciated limestone unit (pioche fm). Dump rock is brown silicified limestone with quartz and calcite veins and veinlets. Some quartz vein was noted with pods of galena and copper oxides. Some strongly silicified quartz-cemented breccia with silicified fragments was noted on the dump. Although no structure was observed in the shafts, the presence of abundant breccia on the dump and the alignment of the shafts indicate that these workings explored replacement along a shear zone. Possibly the quartz vein was emplaced along a shear zone also, although the vein did not appear to have been brecciated.
Deposit type: Polymetallic replacement
Development: Reported to have produced some high grade ore at a relatively early day (schrader, 1931, p14), shafts currently being worked on a small scale
Geology: Geologic setting similar to cave valley workings. Quartz veins common, may have been emplaced along shear zone. Replacement of lowermost limestone bed in pioche fm. Which overlies thick quartzite bed
Rock formation(s): Pioche Shale
Ore(s): Bedding And Intersection Of Bedding With Nw Striking Shear Zone
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3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10111458 |
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