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Spar Dome Mine

Past Producer in Mineral 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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222705
MAS/MILS ID 0320210086
Record type Site
Current site name Spar Dome Mine
Alternate or previous names K-Z Mine, Miller Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.12485, 39.02882 (WGS84)
Elevation 1928
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Broken Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014 N 034 E 35 SWSW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Mullite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.12485, 39.02882
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 55N
    Thickness 12M
    Length 49M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N25E:55N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830412

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Broken Hills District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. . Kafka,J. Seeley,P. Light,H. Ramsey
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES RPT. 1, 1961, P. 14

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES RPT. 14, 1966, P. 11

  • Deposit

    PAPKE KG 1974-1975, DATA FROM FIELD INVES, FLOURSPAR OCC. IN

  • Deposit

    WORL RG ET AL 1974, FLOURITE IN THE US, USGS MAP MR-60

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-1984 Nevada Bureau Of Mines And Geology Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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