Chicago Lode Mine

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

Name: Chicago Lode Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.