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Crowell Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Aluminum, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173955
MRDS ID W006927
MAS/MILS ID 0320230001
Record type Site
Current site name Crowell Mine
Alternate or previous names Betsy Mine, Beatty Fluorspar, Daisy Mine, Fluorspar Mine
Related records 10069409, 10310491

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.69399, 36.88307 (WGS84)
Elevation 1329
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 012 S 047 E 23 SENWNW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Cinnabar Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown
Orthoclase Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.69399, 36.88307
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 88E
    Thickness 152M
    Length 274M
    Width 8M
    Area 49HA
    Depth to top 25M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #2 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N45E:88E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 49
    Date of Last Modification 830714

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1918
Mining method Open Stope - Sublevel
Year of first production 1919
Milling method Sizing

Mining district

District name Fluorine District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Crowell Fluorspar Co.
    ID 2600091
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1976
    Period 1919 To 1976
    Description From 1919 To 1976 Approx. 185527 T Mined
  • Year 1983
    Description Fs Wt Pct Met. Grade Caf2 1633 Metric'Tons
  • Year 1984
    Description Fs Wt Pct Met. Grade Caf2 272 Metric'Tons

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2621M
    Overall depth 182M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING NO FLOW
    Mine Support Chars. OTHER
    Number of Shafts 2
    Length of Inclines (m) 0
    Slope of Inclines 0
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 0
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 17.2
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 66
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AHERN, R., AND R. M. CORN. MINERALIZATION RELATED

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    TO THE VOLCANIC CENTER AT BEATTY, NEVADA. CH. IN

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    RELATIONS OF TECTONICS TO ORE DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN

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    CORDILLERA ED. BY W. R. DICKINSON AND W. D. PAYNE. AZ

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    GEOL. SOC. DIGEST, V. 14, 1981, PP. 283-286.

  • Deposit

    BALL, S. H. A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE IN

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    SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA. U.S. GEOL.

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    SURV. BULL. 308, 1907, 218 PP.

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    CORNWALL, H. R. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF

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    SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 77, 1972, 49 PP.

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H. R., AND F. J. KLEINHAMPL. GEOLOGY OF

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    THE BARE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

  • Deposit

    QUAD. MAP GQ-157, 1961, SCALE 1:62:500.

  • Deposit

    BULLFROG QUADRANGLE AND ORE DEPOSITS RELATED TO BULLFROG

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    HILLS CALDERA, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA AND INYO COUNTY,

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    CALIFORNIA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 454-J, 1963,

  • Deposit

    P. J20-J22.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J. RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 81, 1973, 121 PP.

  • Deposit

    GEEHAN, R. W. EXPLORATION OF THE CROWELL FLUORSPAR

  • Deposit

    MINE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES RI 3954, 1946, 9PP.

  • Deposit

    GILLSON, J. L. FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN THE WESTERN

  • Deposit

    STATES. AIME TECH. PUBL. L783, 1943, 20 PP.

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D. F., E. CALLAGHAN, B. N. MOORE, T. B.

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, W. W. RUBEY, AND W. T. SCHALLER. MINERAL RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    OF THE REGION AROUND BOULDER DAM. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

  • Deposit

    BULL. 871, 1936, 197 PP.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G. H., JR. BERYLLIUM INVESTIGATIONS IN

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA, 1959-62, BUMINES IC 8158, 1963, 19

  • Deposit

    PP.

  • Deposit

    HORTON, R. C. AN INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES

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    IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 1, 1961, 31 PP.

  • Deposit

    HORTON, R. C. AN INVENTORY OF BARITE OCCURRENCES IN

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 4, 1963, 19 PP.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V. E. MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 50, 1951, 223 PP.

  • Deposit

    LADOO, R. B. FLUORSPAR: ITS MINING, MILLING AND

  • Deposit

    UTILIZATION. BUMINES B 244, 1927, 185 PP.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F. C. MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL

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    RESOURCES OF NEVADA. NV NEWSLETTER PUBL. CO., RENO,

  • Deposit

    NV, 1923, 280 PP.

  • Deposit

    MCCREADY, D. K. FROTH FLOTATION OF THE DAISY MINE

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    FLUORITE ORES, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. M.S. THESIS, UNIV. NV,

  • Deposit

    RENO, NV, 1965, 66 PP.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K. FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND

  • Deposit

    GEOL. BULL. 13, 1979, 77 PP.

  • Deposit

    PETERS, W. C. THE GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT OF FLUORSPAR

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    DEPOSITS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. PH.D. DISS., UNIV.

  • Deposit

    CO, BOULDER, CO, 1956, 113 PP.

  • Deposit

    THURSTON, W. R., AND G. L. BELL. DAISY FLUORSPAR

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    DEPOSIT NEAR BEATTY, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

  • Deposit

    OFR 3-209, 1949, 10 PP.

  • Deposit

    U.S. SENATE. MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA.

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    88TH CONGR., 2D SESS,, SENATE DOCUMENT 87,

  • Deposit

    JULY 23, 1964, 314 PP. (ALSO PUBLISHED AS NV BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    AND GEOL. BULL. 65.)

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    WOOD, H. B. FLUORSPAR. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 173,

  • Deposit

    NO. 3, 1972, PP. 151-153.

  • Deposit

    WOOD, H. B. FLUORSPAR BRIQUETTERS EXPANDING OUTPUT.

  • Deposit

    ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 179, NO. 7, 1978, PP. 81-83.

  • Deposit

    WORL, R. G., R. E. VAN ALSTINE, AND A. V. HEYL.

  • Deposit

    FLUORITE IN THE UNITED STATES (EXCLUSIVE OF HAWAII). U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEOL. SURV. MAP MR-60, 1974, SCALE 1:3,168,000.

  • Deposit

    WORL, R. G., R. E. VAN ALSTINE, AND D. R. SHAWE.

  • Deposit

    FLUORINE. CH. IN UNITED STATES MINERAL RESOURCES, ED. BY

  • Deposit

    D. A. BROPST, AND W. P. PRATT. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF.

  • Deposit

    PAPER 820, 1973, PP. 223-235.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-95 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 11/13/1990
MSHA mine ID2600091
Mine name (MSHA)Crowell Fluorspar Mine
Current operatorJ Irving Crowell & Son
Current controller (parent)Crowell J Irving Jr
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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