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Goldspar Mine

Past Producer in Nye 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 10222767
MAS/MILS ID 0320230177
Record type Site
Current site name Goldspar Mine
Alternate or previous names Diamond Queen Mine, Shae, Monolith

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.63698, 36.83997 (WGS84)
Elevation 1234
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

Carrara Canyon(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 013 S 048 E 05 NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.63698, 36.83997
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip 77E
    Length 259M
    Width 46M
    Area 6HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N25W:77E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 6
    Date of Last Modification 830412

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Year of first production 1958

Mining district

District name Bare Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. J. Strutzel Jr.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 63.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 77, 1972, P. 36.

  • Deposit

    NV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 93, 1979, P. 43-47.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-FEB-1994 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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