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Carp Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295469
MRDS ID M241542
MAS/MILS ID 0320170077
Record type Site
Current site name Carp Mine
Alternate or previous names Wells Cargo Mine
Related records 10046393

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.29332, 37.20688 (WGS84)
Elevation 1274
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Nose Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Virgin(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008 S 069 E 32 SWNESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.29332, 37.20688
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9M
    Length 549M
    Width 183M
    Area 15HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N35W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 15
    Date of Last Modification 830412

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1958
Year of first production 1958

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Western Mining And Development Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 73, 1970, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1973, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 93, 1979, P. 24-27.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-84 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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