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Mary 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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 10044497
MRDS ID M231943
Record type Site
Current site name Mary Mine
Alternate or previous names Mary Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.6406, 36.85469 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MOUTH OF CHUCKWALLA CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carrara Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012S 048E 32 NW4 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE FLUORSPAR IS MOTTLED, MEDIUM-LIGHT GRAY TO MEDIUM DARK GRAY WITH A PURPLE TINT, GRANULAR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sandstone Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Lone Mountain Dolomite
    Rock description Lone Mountain Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.6406, 36.85469
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A Fault Striking S-W, Dipping 60e Bends At The Ore Body To Westward And Dipping 30e

Ore body information

  • General form VERY IRREGULAR, PIPELIKE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Adjacent To A Fault Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DOLOMITE IS MEDIUM-LIGHT-GRAY TO LIGHT-BROWNISH-GRAY, MEDIUM GRAINED, MASSIVE, AND SHOWS NO BEDDING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1962
Discoverer Gene B. Cross

Mining district

District name Fluorine District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Spor, Ray And Chad
    First year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cross, Gene B.
    First year 1979

Production statistics

  • Year 1975
    Period To 1975
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^40% Caf2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    CaF2 Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 40wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • EXTENSIVE SORTING WAS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN A GRADE OF 40% CAF2.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN ADIT AND AN OPEN PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NBMG, BULL. 93, P. 43.

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H.R. AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BARE MTN. QUAD: USGS MAP GQ-157.

  • Production

    PAPKE, 1979, P. 43

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

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