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Nyco

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Magnesite, Silica
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  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 10198492
MAS/MILS ID 0320230201
Record type Site
Current site name Nyco
Alternate or previous names Spar #2, Spar #1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.76897, 38.07825 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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 003 N 055 E 34 E2NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 117 KM WEST OF PIOCHE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.76897, 38.07825
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 49N
    Thickness 9M
    Length 91M
    Width 91M
    Area 12HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N80E:49N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 12
    Date of Last Modification 811112

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1951

Mining district

District name Quinn Canyon District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Solan C. Terrill
    Interest 33
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Don W. Terrill
    Interest 33
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Starle W. Terrill
    Interest 33
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1981
  • Type Operator
    Owner Teledyne Wah Chang, Los Angeles, Ca
    Home office California
    Year 1957

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX 1 WAS NOT CONSIDERED FOR ECONOMIC ANALYSIS BECAUSE MAS EVALUATORS COULD NOT JUSTIFY THE RESOURCE QUANTITY AND GRADE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 10HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 54
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Secondary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 6
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 454
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 8.444
    Unit Production Cost 18.9
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/TAILINGS 10-60
    Percent Recovery 85
    Hardness of Rock UNKNOWN
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 153
    Number of Adits 3
    1st Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Capacity 454
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 29.1
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HORTON,R.C.,1961,INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA, NEV.

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES REPORT NO.1

  • Deposit

    HORTON,R.C.,1962,FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA,NEV.BUREAU

  • Deposit

    OF MINES MAP 3

  • Deposit

    SAINSBURRY;C.L.AND F.J.KLEINHAMPL,1970; USGS BULL.1272-C

  • Deposit

    BENSON,W.T.,1950,WEIGH FLUORSPAR DEPOSIT,NYE COUNTY,NEVADA,

  • Deposit

    USBUREAU OF MINES PRELIMINARY REPORT

  • Deposit

    HUGHES,H.H.,1959, NYCO FLUORSPAR DEPOSIT,PRELIMINARY REPORT

  • Deposit

    TO NATIONAL BORON COMPANY

  • Deposit

    PAPKE,K.G.,1979,FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA,NEV.BUREAU OF MINES BULL

  • Deposit

    93

  • Deposit

    WORL,R.G.,ET AL,1974,FLUORITE IN U.S.,USGS MAP MR-60

  • Deposit

    281. HORTON, R. C. AN INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES

  • Deposit

    IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 1, 1961, 31 PP.

  • Deposit

    283. HORTON, R. C. AN INVENTORY OF BARITE OCCURRENCES IN

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 4, 1963, 19 PP.

  • Deposit

    357. KLEINHAMPL, F. J., AND J. I. ZIONY. PRELIMINARY

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SURV. OPEN-FILE MAP, 1967, SCALE 1:200,000.

  • Deposit

    545. PAPKE, K. FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND

  • Deposit

    GEOL. BULL. 13, 1979, 77 PP.

  • Deposit

    604. SAINSBURY, C. L., AND F. J. KLEINHAMPL. FLUORITE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF THE QUINN CANYON RANGE, NEVADA. PAPER IN

  • Deposit

    CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

  • Deposit

    BULL. 1272-C, 1969, 22 PP.

  • Deposit

    733. U.S. SENATE. MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    88TH CONGR., 2D SESS,, SENATE DOCUMENT 87,

  • Deposit

    JULY 23, 1964, 314 PP. (ALSO PUBLISHED AS NV BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    AND GEOL. BULL. 65.)

  • Deposit

    815. WORL, R. G., R. E. VAN ALSTINE, AND A. V. HEYL.

  • Deposit

    FLUORITE IN THE UNITED STATES (EXCLUSIVE OF HAWAII). U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEOL. SURV. MAP MR-60, 1974, SCALE 1:3,168,000.

  • Deposit

    816. WORL, R. G., R. E. VAN ALSTINE, AND D. R. SHAWE.

  • Deposit

    FLUORINE. CH. IN UNITED STATES MINERAL RESOURCES, ED. BY

  • Deposit

    D. A. BROPST, AND W. P. PRATT. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF.

  • Deposit

    PAPER 820, 1973, PP. 223 -235.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS MEDIUM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAR-92 Mcmahan U.S. Bureau of Mines

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