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Nyco 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. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044449
MRDS ID M231869
Record type Site
Current site name Nyco Mine
Alternate or previous names 1976-Don W. Terrell, Starle W. Terrell, Solan C. Terrell

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.77059, 38.07801 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position NEAR THE HEAD OF WATER CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goat Ranch Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(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 003N 055E 34,35 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOST FLUORITE IS DEEP APPLE GREEN WITH SOME COLORLESS VARIETIES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Kaolinite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The Wall Rocks Are Moderately To Intensely Altered To Clay. Bleaching; Silicification, Pyritization

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGED 51 % CAF2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.77059, 38.07801
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Tuff Gently Dips Sw. Normal Faults Cutting The Veins Dip Moderately Northwest.

Ore body information

  • General form FISSURE FILLING, LENSES, VEINLETS, VUGGY MASSES
    Strike E-W
    Dip 50N
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Discoverer Terrell Brothers

Mining district

District name Willow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wah Chang Corp.
    First year 1957

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period 1951-1957
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Some Up To 50 % Caf2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    CaF2 Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 50wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY THE MAIN PRODUCER IN THE DISTRICT

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 400 FT ADIT AND A 70 FT ADIT. STOPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAINSBURY, CL AND KLEINHAMPL, FJ, 1969, FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF THE QUINN CANYON RANGE: USGS BULL. 1272-C, P. 17-18

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, KG, 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEV.: NBMG BULL. 93, P. 55

  • Deposit

    KRAL,V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    PAPKE, 1979, P. 55

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WELL-DEFINED FISSURE VEIN BORDERED BY ARGILLIZED WALLROCK CONTAINING DISSEMINATED PYRITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 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

Beyond USGS

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

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