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Union Canyon Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Reserves and resources
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044432
MRDS ID M231850
Record type Site
Current site name Union Canyon Mine
Alternate or previous names Sea Bee Mineshoshone Calim Group ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.59955, 38.87159 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position AT THE MOUTH OF WEST UNION CANYON

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 012N 039E 33 NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE FLUORSPAR IS WHITE TO VERY LIGHT GRAY WITH A SLIGHT PURPLE TINT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue
Pyrophyllite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization And Silicification.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.59955, 38.87159
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Two Parallel Faults 100 Ft Apart Trending North To Northwest, Dipping 60-70 W.

Ore body information

  • General form NODULAR MASSES, BROKEN VEINLETS, VEINS
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated And Altered Rock.Ne-Trending Fault Zone Paralleling West Union Canyon

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Discoverer Cyril J. Smith And Lawrence Murray

Mining district

District name Union District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Standard Slag Co.
    First year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. L. Tiefel And C. J. Smith
    First year 1979

Production statistics

  • Year 1974
    Period 1974?
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 16 % Caf2, Stockpiled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace CaF2 Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 16wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SOME LOW-GRADE FLUORSPAR WAS MINED IN 1970 FOR TESTING.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 196000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 18.5 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1974

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHALLOW UNDERGROUND AND OPEN PITS.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED IN 1971-1972 BY STANDARD SLAG CO. WITH FOUR DIAMOND DRILL HOLES AND NUMEROUS ROTARY DRILL HOLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL., BULL. 93, P. 35.

  • Deposit

    HORTON,R.C.,1961, NBMG REPORT 1.

  • Production

    PAPKE, 1979, P. 35.

  • Reserve-Resource

    PAPKE, 1979, P. 35

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2-5 FT WIDE EN ECHELON VEINS

Reporter information

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

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