Crowell Mine

The Crowell Mine is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,360 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: Crowell Mine

State: Nevada

County: Nye

Elevation: 4,360 Feet (1,329 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 36.8831, -116.69310

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Crowell Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Crowell Mine
Secondary: Betsy Mine
Secondary: Beatty Fluorspar
Secondary: Daisy Mine
Secondary: Fluorspar Mine

Commodity

Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Silica
Tertiary: Magnesite
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Calcium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Fluorine District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Crowell Fluorspar Co.
Company ID: 2600091
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1975

Production

Year: 1984
Description: Fs Wt Pct Met. Grade Caf2 272 Metric'Tons
Year: 1983
Description: Fs Wt Pct Met. Grade Caf2 1633 Metric'Tons
Year: 1976
Time Period: 1919 To 1976
Description: From 1919 To 1976 Approx. 185527 T Mined

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Open Stope - Sublevel
Milling Method: Sizing
Year First Production: 1919
Discovery Year: 1918
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Orthoclase
Unknown: Montmorillonite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Cinnabar
Unknown: Calcite

Comments

Not available

References

Reference (Deposit): HILLS CALDERA, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA AND INYO COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): BULLFROG QUADRANGLE AND ORE DEPOSITS RELATED TO BULLFROG

Reference (Deposit): QUAD. MAP GQ-157, 1961, SCALE 1:62:500.

Reference (Deposit): THE BARE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

Reference (Deposit): BULLETIN 77, 1972, 49 PP.

Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H. R., AND F. J. KLEINHAMPL. GEOLOGY OF

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H. R. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF

Reference (Deposit): SURV. BULL. 308, 1907, 218 PP.

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA. U.S. GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): BALL, S. H. A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE IN

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. SOC. DIGEST, V. 14, 1981, PP. 283-286.

Reference (Deposit): CORDILLERA ED. BY W. R. DICKINSON AND W. D. PAYNE. AZ

Reference (Deposit): RELATIONS OF TECTONICS TO ORE DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN

Reference (Deposit): P. J20-J22.

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 454-J, 1963,

Reference (Deposit): NO. 3, 1972, PP. 151-153.

Reference (Deposit): WOOD, H. B. FLUORSPAR. ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 173,

Reference (Deposit): AND GEOL. BULL. 65.)

Reference (Deposit): JULY 23, 1964, 314 PP. (ALSO PUBLISHED AS NV BUREAU OF MINES

Reference (Deposit): 88TH CONGR., 2D SESS,, SENATE DOCUMENT 87,

Reference (Deposit): PAPER 820, 1973, PP. 223-235.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. SENATE. MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): D. A. BROPST, AND W. P. PRATT. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF.

Reference (Deposit): FLUORINE. CH. IN UNITED STATES MINERAL RESOURCES, ED. BY

Reference (Deposit): WORL, R. G., R. E. VAN ALSTINE, AND D. R. SHAWE.

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. SURV. MAP MR-60, 1974, SCALE 1:3,168,000.

Reference (Deposit): FLUORITE IN THE UNITED STATES (EXCLUSIVE OF HAWAII). U.S.

Reference (Deposit): WORL, R. G., R. E. VAN ALSTINE, AND A. V. HEYL.

Reference (Deposit): ENG. AND MIN. J., V. 179, NO. 7, 1978, PP. 81-83.

Reference (Deposit): WOOD, H. B. FLUORSPAR BRIQUETTERS EXPANDING OUTPUT.

Reference (Deposit): AHERN, R., AND R. M. CORN. MINERALIZATION RELATED

Reference (Deposit): RENO, NV, 1965, 66 PP.

Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. H., JR. BERYLLIUM INVESTIGATIONS IN

Reference (Deposit): FLUORITE ORES, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. M.S. THESIS, UNIV. NV,

Reference (Deposit): NV, 1923, 280 PP.

Reference (Deposit): MCCREADY, D. K. FROTH FLOTATION OF THE DAISY MINE

Reference (Deposit): RESOURCES OF NEVADA. NV NEWSLETTER PUBL. CO., RENO,

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F. C. MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL

Reference (Deposit): UTILIZATION. BUMINES B 244, 1927, 185 PP.

Reference (Deposit): LADOO, R. B. FLUORSPAR: ITS MINING, MILLING AND

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 50, 1951, 223 PP.

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V. E. MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 4, 1963, 19 PP.

Reference (Deposit): HORTON, R. C. AN INVENTORY OF BARITE OCCURRENCES IN

Reference (Deposit): IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 1, 1961, 31 PP.

Reference (Deposit): HORTON, R. C. AN INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES

Reference (Deposit): OFR 3-209, 1949, 10 PP.

Reference (Deposit): PP.

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSIT NEAR BEATTY, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

Reference (Deposit): THURSTON, W. R., AND G. L. BELL. DAISY FLUORSPAR

Reference (Deposit): CO, BOULDER, CO, 1956, 113 PP.

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. PH.D. DISS., UNIV.

Reference (Deposit): GEOL. BULL. 13, 1979, 77 PP.

Reference (Deposit): PETERS, W. C. THE GEOLOGIC ENVIRONMENT OF FLUORSPAR

Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, K. FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA, 1959-62, BUMINES IC 8158, 1963, 19

Reference (Deposit): BULL. 871, 1936, 197 PP.

Reference (Deposit): OF THE REGION AROUND BOULDER DAM. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, W. W. RUBEY, AND W. T. SCHALLER. MINERAL RESOURCES

Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D. F., E. CALLAGHAN, B. N. MOORE, T. B.

Reference (Deposit): STATES. AIME TECH. PUBL. L783, 1943, 20 PP.

Reference (Deposit): GILLSON, J. L. FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN THE WESTERN

Reference (Deposit): MINE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES RI 3954, 1946, 9PP.

Reference (Deposit): TO THE VOLCANIC CENTER AT BEATTY, NEVADA. CH. IN

Reference (Deposit): GEEHAN, R. W. EXPLORATION OF THE CROWELL FLUORSPAR

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 81, 1973, 121 PP.

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J. RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN

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.