Daisy Mine

The Daisy Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,308 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

Name: Daisy Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 4,308 Feet (1,313 Meters)

Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite

Lat, Long: 36.86667, -116.68333

Map: View on Google Maps

Satelite View

MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.


Satelite image of the Daisy Mine

Daisy Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Daisy Mine
Secondary: Crowell Mine
Secondary: Daisy Fluorspar Mine
Secondary: Beatty Fluorspar Mine
Secondary: Lige Harris-Enif Area
Secondary: Yellow Spar


Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Clay


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Fluorine District


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: J. Irving Crowell, Jr.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1919
Discovery Year: 1918
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR IRREGULAR MASSES, IRREGULAR VEINS, SMALL MASSES, DISSEMINATED GRAINS, PIPE-LIKE


Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range

Type: L
Description: Bullfrog Hills Caldera. Northeast-Trending, Steep Dipping, Right Lateral Tear Faults; Gently Northwest Dipping Thrust Faults.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRADE RANGED BETWEEN 70 - 80% FLUORITE PROBABLY AVERAGING CLOSE TO 75% WITH SILICA LESS THAN 2% (CORNWALL & KLEINHAMPL 1964). GEEHAN (1946) STATES SOME ORE WAS SHIPPED DIRECTLY AT 85% FLUORITE WITH LIMESTONE AS CHIEF GANGUE MINERAL. MILL GRADE ORE RAN ABOUT 70% FLUORITE. PURPLE FLUORITE CONTAIN UP TO 0.02 % U3O8 (GARSIDE, 1973). METALLURGICAL TEST BY USB7 CONTAIN 77.5 % CAF2, 2.4 % IO2, 3.9 % CACO3, 2.9 % AL2O3, 3.4 % R2O3, 0.35 % FE, 3.6 % INSOL.


Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Clay
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Iron


Comments

Comment (Commodity): FLUORITE IS PURPLE TO VERY LIGHT GRAY. FINELY GRANULAR. CLAY IS IN THE FORM OF MONTMORILLONITE, SERICITE, AND KAOLINITE.

Comment (Location): NW1/4 OF SECT. 23

Comment (Production): PRODUCTIVE PERIOD IS 1919 - 1920, 1922, 1927 - 1975.

Comment (Deposit): USBM IN 1945 DRILLED 12 DIAMOND-DRILL HOLES TOTALLING 3,661 FT.

Comment (Workings): DAISY MINE WORKINGS ARE A COMPLEX MAZE WITH 14 LEVELS AND SUBLEVELS IN AN AREA 270 M. LONG AND 100 M. WIDE. LARGEST SINGLE ORE SHOOT WIDTH ENCOUNTERED IS 24 M.

Comment (Geology): THE DOLOMITE IS WHITE, MEDIUM-CRYSTALLINE AND MEDIUM-DARK-GRAY FINELY CRYSTALLINE.


References

Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H. R. AND KLEINHAMPL, F. J., 1964, GEOLOGY OF BULLFROG QUADRANGLE AND ORE DEPOSITS RELATED TO BULLFROG HILLS CALDERA, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA AND INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS PROF. PAPER 454-J.

Reference (Deposit): 1945 DIREXPL U.S. BU MINES - NO NEW ORE FOUND

Reference (Deposit): 1949 THURSTON, W. R.

Reference (Deposit): 1956 GEOLMAP CORNWALL, H. R. AND KLEINHAMPL, F. J.

Reference (Production): CORNWALL, H. R. AND KLEINHAMPL, F. J., 1964, GEOL. BULLFROG QUAD. AND ORE DEP.

Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H. R. AND KLEINHAMPL, F. J., 1961, GEOLOGY OF BARE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: USGS GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-157

Reference (Deposit): GEEHAN, R. W., 1946, EXPLORATION OF THE CROWELL FLUORSPAR MINE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S. BU MINES REPT INV. 3954, 9 P.

Reference (Deposit): 6) CORNWALL, H.R., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN NYE CO.: NBMG BULL, 77, P. 35.

Reference (Deposit): 7) KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 61-62.

Reference (Deposit): 8) THURSTON, W.R., ET. AL., 1949, DAISY FLUORSPAR DEPOSIT: USGS STRAT. MIN. INV. PRELIM. REPT. 3-209.

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCESIN NEVADA: NBMG, BULL. 81, P. 92.

Reference (Deposit): 5) PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 93, P.40-43.


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.