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Mammoth Prospect

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295372
MAS/MILS ID 0320230202
Record type Site
Current site name Mammoth Prospect
Alternate or previous names Spar Mine, Pine Creek Prospect, Carlson Prospect, Horseshoe, Northern Horseshoe, Higrade, North Star Group, Perkins Claim, Rocket Group and Big Jim, Perkins Prospect, Jumbo Prospect, White Horse

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.65647, 38.15105 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nyala(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 N 056 E 02 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GENERAL LOCATION: ABOUT 101 KM WEST OF CALIENTE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Jasper Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.65647, 38.15105
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E
    Dip 23W
    Thickness 30M
    Length 229M
    Width 30M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N15E:23W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 850814

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1943
Year of first production 1970

Mining district

District name Quinn Canyon District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Woon, Norman E.
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1981

Comments on the production information

  • HORTON R.C.,1961,AN INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA,NEV. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 1 HORTON R.C.,FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA,NEV.BUREAU OF MINES MAP 3,1962 BENSON,W.T.,1950,WELCH FLUORSPAR PROSPECT,NYE COUNTY, NEV. USBM PRELIMINARY REPORT 5P STEPHENSON,E.L.,1953,WELCH FLUORSPAR CLAIMS, REPORT FOR STANDARD SLAG CO. PAPKE, K.G.,1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULL.93. SAINSBURRY,C.L.,ETAL,1970, FLUORITE DEPOSITS IN THE QUINN CANYON RANGE: USGS BULL.1272. WORL, R.G.,ET AL, 1974; FLUORITE IN THE UNITED STATES; USGS MAP MR-60

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX 1 COL. 1 DOES NOT INCLUDE SPAR, PERKINS, HORSESHOE AND PINE CREEK CLAIMS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 19HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .61
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 1
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Secondary Material Cover HARD ROCKS
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 6
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 454
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 13.483
    Unit Production Cost 18.4
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    281. HORTON, R. C. AN INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    357. KLEINHAMPL, F. J., AND J. I. ZIONY. PRELIMINARY

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SURV. OPEN-FILE MAP, 1967, SCALE 1:200,000.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GEOL. BULL. 13, 1979, 77 PP.

  • Deposit

    604. SAINSBURY, C. L., AND F. J. KLEINHAMPL. FLUORITE

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF THE QUINN CANYON RANGE, NEVADA. PAPER IN

  • Deposit

    CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

  • Deposit

    BULL. 1272-C, 1969, 22 PP.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    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.)

  • Deposit

    815. 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

    816. 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS APPLY TO MAMMOTH CLAIM, THE SPAR, PERKINS, HORSESHOE, AND PINE CREEK CLAIMS ARE OUTLINED IN BACKUP DATA DIP OF MINERALIZED ZONE RANGES FROM 15 TO 10 DEG. WEST. SIZE OF ORE BODY: MEDIUM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-JUL-88 Koehler U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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