The Chicago Lode Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,280 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,280 Feet (2,219 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 38.83083, -117.57083
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Chicago Lode Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chicago Lode Mine
Secondary: Chicago Lode Claim Patented 1884
Secondary: Smith Nos. 1 To 7 Claims
Secondary: Allied Claims Cimarron #1-8, Cinco De Mayo #0-2, Ramona Ann #0-1,
Secondary: Gray Cat Claims and Fractions.
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Union District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Standard Slag Co.
Years: 1977 -
Production
Year: 1951
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^92 % Caf2
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Shoshone Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINED AND FILLED VUGS, BOTRYOIDAL, BANDED, SHORT VEINLETS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Rocks Are Almost Completely Silicified
Rocks
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE LIMESTONE IS MEDIUM - DARK GRAY AND THICK BEDDED.
Comment (Commodity): THE FLUORSPAR IS PALE RED PURPLE TO LIGHT GRAY. ACID-GRADE
Comment (Development): EXPLORATION INCLUDED 50 WAGON-DRILL HOLES TOTALING 2,254 FT BY L AND G MINING CO. IN 1958 AND 1959 OWNED IN 1961 BY GORDON AND LINDSAY SMITH (L&G MINING CO.) OF GABBS, NEV; SOLD BY THEM TO STANDARD SLAG IN 1977.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): A LARGE TONNAGE OF MILL-GRADE ORE WAS REPORTED AVAILABLE IN 1979
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN PIT AND A 50 FT ADIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR OF MINES & GEOL., BULL. 93, P. 37-39
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 203.
Reference (Production): PAPKE, 1979, P. 37
Reference (Reserve-Resource): PAPKE, 1979, P.39.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
