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Crystal Group

Occurrence in Nye 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044442
MRDS ID M231860
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Group
Alternate or previous names Bonanza Claim, Valley View Claim, Liberty Bell Claimcrystal Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.56726, 38.14356 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 1.8 MILES NE OF ADAVEN TOWN

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 003N 057E 03,04,09,10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF CHERRY CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLUORITE IS VERY LIGHT GRAY WITH A PURPLE TINT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified And Brecciated Limestone

Analytical data

Result THE BRECCIA PIPE CONTAINS 35 % CAF2.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.56726, 38.14356
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form AS CEMENT
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip 25-60 NW
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 213.36M
  • General form AS CEMENT
    Dip 25-60 NW
  • General form AS CEMENT
    Dip 25-60 NW
  • General form AS CEMENT
    Dip 25-60 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fluorite Occurs As Cementing Agent In Breccia Zones. Control By Northeast Trending Structures.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Discoverer Hubert Welch

Mining district

District name Willow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wood, Norman
    First year 1976

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF PROSPECT PITS.

Comments on development

  • THE BRECCIA PIPE HAS BEEN EXPLORED BY 2 OR 3 SHALLOW DRILL HOLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAINSBURY, CL AND KLEINHAMPL, FJ, 1969, FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF THE QUINN CANYON RANGE: USGS BULL. 1272-C, P. 11-12.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, KG, 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 93, P. 50

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE STRIKE AND DIP IS OF THE VEIN. THE BRECCIA PIPE IS 50 FT DIAMETER. 4 AREAS OF FLUORITE MINERALIZATION ON THE CLAIMS. DEPOSIT IS TABULAR, FLAT-LYING; ALSO A BRECCIA PIPE AT THE CONTACT OF A RHYOLITE PLUG AND SHATTERED QUARTZITE. FRAGMENTS WERE ORIGINALLY RHYOLITE, SILICIFIED LIMESTONE, AND QUARTZITE,- NOW ALL JASPEROID.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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