The Sunbeam Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite and gold mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.03028, -115.71667
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Sunbeam Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunbeam Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Sample Location 1774
Secondary: Sunbeam and Half Moon Claims
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Quinn Canyon 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: Wood, Norman
Years: 1976 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
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: Quinn Canyon Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD
Structure
Type: R
Description: Fault, N55e, 45-65 Nw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Argillization
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): FLUORITE IS VERY LIGHT GREY, FINE-GRAINED
Comment (Workings): PITS AND TRENCHES
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY IN 1984
Comment (Location): ON S SIDE OF BARTON CREEK CANYON
Comment (Deposit): FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN ALTERED ZONE TRENDING N55E, ABOUT 50 FT WIDE. FLUORITE IS IN VEINS AND PODS, DISSEMINATED ALONG VEINS AND VEINLETS IN A HIGHLY SILICIFIED/BRECCIATED MATRIX. THE HOST ROCK IS A PORPHYRITIC LATITE THAT HAS BEEN SILICIFIED ALONG THE MARGINS OF THE VEIN. ALTERATION INCLUDES ABUNDANT IRON OXIDES. SAMPLE 1774 CONTAINS 0.05 AU.
Comment (Geology): THE ALTERED ZONE IS LOCALLY 500 FT WIDE. MINERALIZATION IS RESTRICTED TO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE ZONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): SAINSBURY, C.L. AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1969, FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF THE QUINN CANYON RANGE: USGS BULL. 1272-C, P. 18
Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, K. G., 1979, NBMG BULL 93, P. 57-58
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, MAY 31, 1984.
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.
