Goldspar Mine

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

Name: Goldspar Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

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

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.