Valerie Mine

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247347
MRDS ID M060325
MAS/MILS ID 0320270145
Record type Site
Current site name Valerie Mine
Alternate or previous names Valery Fluorspar Deposit, Valery Flourspar Deposit, Valery Mine, Fluorspar Mine, Hamilton Deposit
Related records 10042511

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.21378, 40.53989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Star Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031 N 033 E 24 C SWNE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aragonite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcedony Unknown
Fluorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.21378, 40.53989

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 50S
    Length 91M
    Width 4M
    Area 5HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Strike And Dip N30W:50S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1929

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Marion Schendel, Henry Schwabrow
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HORTON RC, 1961 AN INV. FLUORSPAR OCC. IN NEV, NEV BUR MINE

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 89, 1977, PL. 2A

  • Deposit

    USBM RPT. OF INVEST. 5751, 1961, P. 1

  • Deposit

    USBM RPT OF INVES 4133, 1947, P. 19-25

  • Deposit

    USBM RPT OF INVEST 4014, 1947, P. 1-8

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOL MAP, GQ-666, 1967, 1/62500

  • Deposit

    PETERS WC,1956,GEOL ENVIR.OF FLUORSPAR DEP IN WEST U.S. UOFC

  • Deposit

    USBM CCLO FILE F-752

  • Deposit

    WORL RG ET AL,1974, FLUORITE IN US, USGS MAP MR 60

  • Deposit

    TATLOCK DB,1969, PRELIM GEOL MAP OF PERSHING CO., NEVADA: US

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 53, 1955, P 30

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOL MAP GQ-821, 1969, 1/62,500

  • Deposit

    MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 032 027 0145.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE,K.G., NV BUR MINES BULL 93, P60-61.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE,KG,1979,FLUORSPAR IN NV:NV BUR MINES BULL 93, P60-63.

  • Deposit

    KRAL,VE,1947,VALERY FLUORSPAR DEP,PERSHING CO,NV:USBM R14014

  • Deposit

    SIBERLING,NJ,AND WALLACE,RE,1967,GEOL MAP OF THE IMLAY QUAD,

  • Deposit

    PERSHING CO,NV:USGS GEOL QUAD MAP GQ-666

  • Deposit

    ENGEL,AL,AND HEINEN,HJ,1961,EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT OF NV AND

  • Deposit

    CA FLUORSPAR ORES: USBM RI5751

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JUL-94 Nevada Bureau Of Mines And Geology 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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