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South Zone

Prospect in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, Arsenic, Copper, Mercury, Molybdenum, Lead, Antimony, Thallium, Zinc
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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. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055101
MRDS ID RE00047
Record type Site
Current site name South Zone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.69561, 36.87886 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Relative position 4 MILES ESE OF BEATTY, NV.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012S 047E 23 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF DAISY MINE (CROWELL MINE).; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = DEATH VALLEY (1970) 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Thallium Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AG, MO, CU, AND TL EXHIBIT THE STRONGEST TENDENCY TO CORRELATE WITH AU. MEAN AS VALUES TEND TO BE ANOMALOUSLY HIGH THROUGHOUT THE AU MINERALIZATION. CONCENTRATIONS OF HG TEND TO BE BELOW THE 500 PPB DETECTION LIMITS.

Alteration

  • (Local) Decalcification, Pyritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bonanza King Dolomite
    Rock description Bonanza King Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Carrara Formation
    Rock description Carrara Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.69561, 36.87886
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fluorspar Canyon Detachment Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Alteration And Mineralization Are Controlled By An E-W Striking, Shallowly North Dipping Normal Fault Which Juxtaposes Hanging Wall Bonanza King Dolomite And Footwall Carrara Formation. Where High Angle Faults Cut The Hanging Wall Dolomite, Dedolomitization Has Occurred And Weak Au Values Are Present. Locally Weak Fluorite Mineralization Is Also Encountered Along These Steep Structures.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Cordex Exploration Co.

Mining district

District name Fluorine; Bare Mountain

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Total resources 356000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.738 g/mt Gold Major 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GREYBECK, J. D., AND WALLACE, A. B., 1991, GOLD MINERALIZATION AT FLUORSPAR CANYON NEAR BEATTY, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA, IN RAINES, G. L., ET AL, EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 935-946

  • Reserve-Resource

    GREYBECK, J. D., AND WALLACE, A. B., 1991, GOLD MINERALIZATION AT FLUORSPAR CANYON NEAR BEATTY, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA, IN RAINES, G. L., ET AL, EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 935-946.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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