| Deposit ID | 10046672 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M241867 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Daisy Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Crowell Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.69395, 36.88497 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1335 |
| Relative position | 4.8 MILES BY ROAD EAST OF BEATTY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nye(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Beatty Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)
Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)
California(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Nye |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 012S | 047E | 23 | NW4 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Mercury | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Result | FLUOROSPAR CONTAINED 0.007 TO 0.015% U3O8 IN. ORE ASSAYS 70-73% CAF2 EFFECTIVE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Nopah Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Nopah Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -116.69395, 36.88497 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Post-Ore Faulting |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Gouge Filled Faults Form Almost All The Contacts Between Ore Bodies And Dolomite |
| General form | FLUORSPAR BODIES LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NE |
| Dip | STEEP SE |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1906 |
| District name | Fluorine District-Also Known As Bare Mountain District |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Crowell Family |
| Home office | P.O. Box 96, Beatty, Nv. 89003 |
| First year | 1979 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 182.88M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M241867 |
PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL 93, P. 40-43.
QUADE/SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 4/21/82
PAPKE, K.G., 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEV. MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN 1982; NBMG REPORT
AVON, 1974, DAISY MINE REPORT, NBMG FILE 228, ITEM 1
UNION PACIFIC RR. CO., 1952, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF CA., NV, OT, ID., CO.
USGS, 1949, STRATIGIC MINERALS INVESTIGATIONS PRELIMINARY REPT 3-209
SMITH, A.M., 1931, INSPECTION TRIP NOTES, NBMG, FILE 228, ITEM 8
LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DIST AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEV; NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., RENO, NV.
PAPKE, 1979, P. 40
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MOST ORE IS SOFT AND FRIABLE WITH EARTHY APPEARANCE-FLUORITE IS COMMONLY PURPLISH-INCREASED CLAY CONTENT ORE IS LIGHT GRAY TO PALE ORANGE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1984 | Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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