1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Chicago Lode Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044421
MRDS ID M231837
Record type Site
Current site name Chicago Lode Mine
Alternate or previous names Chicago Lode Claim Patented 1884, Smith Nos. 1 To 7 Claims, Allied Claims Cimarron #1-8, Cinco De Mayo #0-2, Ramona Ann #0-1,, Gray Cat Claims and Fractions.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.57176, 38.83075 (WGS84)
Elevation 2219
Relative position 1.6 MILES BY ROAD SOUTH OF GRANTSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grantsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 039E 10 SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE FLUORSPAR IS PALE RED PURPLE TO LIGHT GRAY. ACID-GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) The Rocks Are Almost Completely Silicified

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning Formation
    Rock description Luning Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.57176, 38.83075
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINED AND FILLED VUGS, BOTRYOIDAL, BANDED, SHORT VEINLETS
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicified Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LIMESTONE IS MEDIUM - DARK GRAY AND THICK BEDDED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Union District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Standard Slag Co.
    First year 1977

Production statistics

  • Year 1951
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^92 % Caf2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    CaF2 Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 92wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • A LARGE TONNAGE OF MILL-GRADE ORE WAS REPORTED AVAILABLE IN 1979

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN PIT AND A 50 FT ADIT.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION INCLUDED 50 WAGON-DRILL HOLES TOTALING 2,254 FT BY L AND G MINING CO. IN 1958 AND 1959 OWNED IN 1961 BY GORDON AND LINDSAY SMITH (L&G MINING CO.) OF GABBS, NEV; SOLD BY THEM TO STANDARD SLAG IN 1977.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR OF MINES & GEOL., BULL. 93, P. 37-39

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 203.

  • Production

    PAPKE, 1979, P. 37

  • Reserve-Resource

    PAPKE, 1979, P.39.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.