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Lige Harris - Enif Area

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046671
MRDS ID M241866
Record type Site
Current site name Lige Harris - Enif Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.697, 36.88303 (WGS84)
Elevation 1329
Relative position LIEG-HARRIS SHAFT 1200 FT W OF DAISY SHAFT, ENIF SHAFT 1400 FT W OF DAISY SHAFT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beatty Mountain(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
012S 047E 23 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.697, 36.88303
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO KNOWN RELATION BETWEEN THESE ORE BODIES AND THE ORE BODIES OF THE NEAR BY DAISY MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Year of first production 1919

Mining district

District name Fluorine (Bare Mountain) District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Crowell Family
    Home office P.O. Box 96, Beatty, Nv. 89003
    First year 1979

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION IN EARLY 1920'S AND AGAIN IN LATE 1960'S TO EARLY 1970'S

Comments on the workings information

  • LIGE-HARRIS SHAFT IS 50 FT DEEP WITH 2 DRIFTS. THE ENIF SHAFT IS DECLINED 80 DEGREES S AND IS 70 FT DEEP WITH EASTWARD DRIFT. A 75 FT GLORY HOLE IS BETWEEN THE 2 SHAFTS AT THE SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 93, P. 40-43

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE CONSISTS OF SOFT PURPLISH FLUOROSPAR TO WHITE, COARSE GRAINED, HARDER MATERIAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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