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Goldspar Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold
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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 10103970
MRDS ID M231940
Record type Site
Current site name Goldspar Mine
Alternate or previous names Diamond Queen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.63727, 36.8383 (WGS84)
Elevation 1170
Relative position 5 MILES NE OF CARRARA

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 013S 47E 11 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE FLUORITE IS MEDIUM GRAY WITH A PURPLE TINT TO VERY DUSKY PURPLE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Clay Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Stibiconite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM THE OLD UNDERGROUND WORKINGS CONTAIN 0.05 OZ/TON GOLD.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.63727, 36.8383
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A 40 Ft Wide Fault Zone Trending N-Nw, Dipping 75-80 E.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR SMALL MASSES, VEINLETS
    Length 182.88M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Partly Controlled By Eastward Dipping Faults.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DOLOMITE IS MEDIUM - LIGHT GRAY TO MEDIUM - DARK - GRAY, FINELY CRYSTALLINE, VERY THICK BEDDED AND MASSIVE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1958
Discoverer George F. Reed

Mining district

District name Fluorine District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Monolith Portland Cement Co.
    First year 1958
    Last year 1967
  • Type Owner
    Owner Strutzel, Reed And J. J.
    First year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1967
    Period 1958-1967
    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

  • SOME GOLD MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN 1905.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHALLOW OPEN CUTS, A 200 FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100 AND 200 FT, AND AN OPEN PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 93, P. 43-47

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 63.

  • Production

    PAPKE, 1979, P. 45

Reporter information

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

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