Daisy Mine

The Daisy Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,380 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Daisy Mine
Secondary: Crowell Mine

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Fluorine District-Also Known As Bare Mountain District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Crowell Family
Home Office: P.O. Box 96, Beatty, Nv. 89003
Years: 1979 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Bare Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: FLUORSPAR BODIES LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Post-Ore Faulting

Type: L
Description: Gouge Filled Faults Form Almost All The Contacts Between Ore Bodies And Dolomite

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: FLUOROSPAR CONTAINED 0.007 TO 0.015% U3O8 IN. ORE ASSAYS 70-73% CAF2 EFFECTIVE

Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Workings): DAISY MINE IS DEVELOPED BY 13 LEVELS SPACED 50 FT APART. THE MAIN ENTRANCE IS THE DAISY SHAFT WHICH IS INCLINED 50-70 DEGREES

Comment (Deposit): MOST ORE IS SOFT AND FRIABLE WITH EARTHY APPEARANCE-FLUORITE IS COMMONLY PURPLISH-INCREASED CLAY CONTENT ORE IS LIGHT GRAY TO PALE ORANGE

Comment (Development): CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1919 BY J. IRVING CROWELL; EXPLORATION FOR GOLD AND SILVER IN 1906 FOUND FLUORITE. LISTED AS ACTIVE UNDERGROUND MINE EMPLOYING 3 PEOPLE IN 1982.

Comment (Commodity): WHITE AND PURPLE FLUORSPAR IS SOFT AND BRECCIATED

Comment (Production): MOST OF PRODUCTION FROM DAISY SHAFT, PRODUCTION CONSISTED OF METALURGICAL-GRADE ORE USED BY STEEL INDUSTRY

References

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

Reference (Deposit): QUADE/SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 4/21/82

Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, K.G., 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEV. MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN 1982; NBMG REPORT

Reference (Deposit): AVON, 1974, DAISY MINE REPORT, NBMG FILE 228, ITEM 1

Reference (Deposit): UNION PACIFIC RR. CO., 1952, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF CA., NV, OT, ID., CO.

Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1949, STRATIGIC MINERALS INVESTIGATIONS PRELIMINARY REPT 3-209

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, A.M., 1931, INSPECTION TRIP NOTES, NBMG, FILE 228, ITEM 8

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DIST AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEV; NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., RENO, NV.

Reference (Production): PAPKE, 1979, P. 40

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.