The Goldspar Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,839 feet.
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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: 3,839 Feet (1,170 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 36.83833, -116.63639
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Goldspar Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Goldspar Mine
Secondary: Diamond Queen
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Gold
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Strutzel, Reed And J. J.
Years: 1975 -
Owner Name: Monolith Portland Cement Co.
Years: 1958 - 1967
Production
Year: 1967
Time Period: 1958-1967
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^40 % Caf2
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1958
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Bare Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR SMALL MASSES, VEINLETS
Structure
Type: L
Description: A 40 Ft Wide Fault Zone Trending N-Nw, Dipping 75-80 E.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES FROM THE OLD UNDERGROUND WORKINGS CONTAIN 0.05 OZ/TON GOLD.
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Stibiconite
Gangue: Montmorillonite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): THE FLUORITE IS MEDIUM GRAY WITH A PURPLE TINT TO VERY DUSKY PURPLE.
Comment (Production): SOME GOLD MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN 1905.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHALLOW OPEN CUTS, A 200 FT SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 100 AND 200 FT, AND AN OPEN PIT.
Comment (Geology): THE DOLOMITE IS MEDIUM - LIGHT GRAY TO MEDIUM - DARK - GRAY, FINELY CRYSTALLINE, VERY THICK BEDDED AND MASSIVE
References
Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 93, P. 43-47
Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H.R., AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BARE MOUNTAIN QUAD.: USGS MAP GQ - 157.
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 63.
Reference (Production): PAPKE, 1979, P. 45
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.
