Daisy Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Mercury, Uranium
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046672
MRDS ID M241867
Record type Site
Current site name Daisy Mine
Alternate or previous names Crowell Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.69395, 36.88497 (WGS84)
Elevation 1335
Relative position 4.8 MILES BY ROAD EAST OF BEATTY

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
Mount Diablo 012S 047E 23 NW4 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WHITE AND PURPLE FLUORSPAR IS SOFT AND BRECCIATED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result FLUOROSPAR CONTAINED 0.007 TO 0.015% U3O8 IN. ORE ASSAYS 70-73% CAF2 EFFECTIVE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Nopah Formation
    Rock description Nopah Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.69395, 36.88497

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Post-Ore Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Gouge Filled Faults Form Almost All The Contacts Between Ore Bodies And Dolomite

Ore body information

  • General form FLUORSPAR BODIES LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip STEEP SE
    Width 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906

Mining district

District name Fluorine District-Also Known As 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

  • MOST OF PRODUCTION FROM DAISY SHAFT, PRODUCTION CONSISTED OF METALURGICAL-GRADE ORE USED BY STEEL INDUSTRY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • DAISY MINE IS DEVELOPED BY 13 LEVELS SPACED 50 FT APART. THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS THE DAISY SHAFT WHICH IS INCLINED 50-70 DEGREES

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1919 BY J. IRVING CROWELL; EXPLORATION FOR GOLD AND SILVER IN 1906 FOUND FLUORITE. LISTED AS ACTIVE UNDERGROUND MINE EMPLOYING 3 PEOPLE IN 1982.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    QUADE/SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 4/21/82

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEV. MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN 1982; NBMG REPORT

  • Deposit

    AVON, 1974, DAISY MINE REPORT, NBMG FILE 228, ITEM 1

  • Deposit

    UNION PACIFIC RR. CO., 1952, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF CA., NV, OT, ID., CO.

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1949, STRATIGIC MINERALS INVESTIGATIONS PRELIMINARY REPT 3-209

  • Deposit

    SMITH, A.M., 1931, INSPECTION TRIP NOTES, NBMG, FILE 228, ITEM 8

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DIST AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEV; NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., RENO, NV.

  • Production

    PAPKE, 1979, P. 40

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST ORE IS SOFT AND FRIABLE WITH EARTHY APPEARANCE-FLUORITE IS COMMONLY PURPLISH-INCREASED CLAY CONTENT ORE IS LIGHT GRAY TO PALE ORANGE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Hefner, M.L. (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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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