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Revenuegroup Mine

Producer in Churchill 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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 10045397
MRDS ID M233110
Record type Site
Current site name Revenuegroup Mine
Alternate or previous names Cirac Mine, Cox's Canyoh Mine, Kent Fluorspar Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.2693, 39.69823 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position To Lowest Adit Of Workings

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cox Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson Sink(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Carson Desert(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 033E 09 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SIDE OF COX CANYON. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Sericitization

Analytical data

Result 5 USBM SAMPLES CONTAINED 58 TO 89% CAF2(1943). 2 OTHERS SAMPLES CONTAINED 46 AND58.5% CAF2 OVER A 3 1/2-FT. WIDTH

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Kaipato Formation
    Rock description Kaipato Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.2693, 39.69823
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cox Canyon Thrust Zone; Intricate Folding, Commonly Overturned
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone Of Mafic Dike(?) Fault, Trending Nne, Dipping 4l Deg-56 Deg W

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOCALLY, THE HANGING WALL IS PRE-MINERAL, BUT UNMINERALIZED BRECCIA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Discoverer The Cirac Bros.

Mining district

District name Cox Canyon District (Silver Hill District)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cirac Brothers ; Frank E. Walters And Assocs.
    First year 1939

Comments on the production information

  • 830 TONS OF 75% CAF2 SHIPPED TO KAISER MILL, FALLON, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL ORE SHIPPED PRIOR TO 1951.

Comments on the workings information

  • 430-FT. ADIT, SEVERAL TRENCHES, INCLINED SHAFT, STOPE

Comments on development

  • 45 TONS SHIPPED IN 1942; RECORDED PRODUCTION 1952-1957 WAS 1106 TONS. TOTAL PRODUCTION-ABOUT 1900 TONS. NSOF (AS OF 1978)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 194/, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICT OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S.B.M. I.C. 7093.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NBMG. BULL.93.

  • Deposit

    PAGE, B.M., 1965, PRELIM. GEOL. MAP OF PART OF THE STILLWATER RANGE; NBM MAP 28

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN PLACES, FLUORITE UP TO 5 FEET WIDE OCCURS ALONG BOTH SIDES OF A MAFIC DIKE.
Deposit FLUORSPAR IS TYPICALLY LT. GREENISH-GRAY TO V. LT. GRAY; FINE TO MEDGRAINED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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