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Big Crystal Deposit

Occurrence in Lyon county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037750
MRDS ID M035936
Record type Site
Current site name Big Crystal Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.17931, 38.58074 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 16 MI SE OF WELLINGTON, NEV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lyon(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nye Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Lyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 025E 03 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EST. LOCATION 2 MI UP NYE CANYON EAST OF HWY 22

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DEPOSIT COULD YIELD A HIGH PURITY SILICA WITH A HIGH BRIGHTNESS IN THE FINELY CRUSHED PRODUCT WITH SOME SORTING.

Alteration

  • (Local) Feox

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Dip NW
    Length 45.72M
    Width 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • ONLY SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES HAVE BEEN DUG ON THE PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J. G., 1969 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LYON, DOUGLAS AND ORMSBY COUNTIES, NEV., NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN 75

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT SIZE LIMITATION RESTRICTS ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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