Crystal Group

Prospect in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Molybdenum
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. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246779
MAS/MILS ID 0320230205
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Group
Alternate or previous names Valley View Claim, Liberty Bell Claim, Bonanza Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -115.56977, 38.14635 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adaven(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo 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 057 E 04 SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Jasper Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -115.56977, 38.14635

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 25S
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N45E:25S
    Date of Last Modification 830412

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

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 Hubert Welch
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MAP 3, 1962.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1272-C, 1969, P. C11.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 31-88,M 1988, SAMPLES

  • Deposit

    543-613, TABLE 1, PL 63; PLATE 1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-JUN-93 Kness, Richard F. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.