Nyco

The Nyco is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,399 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

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Site Name

Primary: Nyco
Secondary: Spar #2
Secondary: Spar #1

Commodity

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

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Quinn Canyon District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Teledyne Wah Chang, Los Angeles, Ca
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1957

Owner Name: Starle W. Terrill
Percent: 33.00
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1981

Owner Name: Don W. Terrill
Percent: 33.00
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1981

Owner Name: Solan C. Terrill
Percent: 33.00
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1981

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1951
Discovery Year: 1950
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

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: Kaolinite
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MATRIX 1 WAS NOT CONSIDERED FOR ECONOMIC ANALYSIS BECAUSE MAS EVALUATORS COULD NOT JUSTIFY THE RESOURCE QUANTITY AND GRADE

Comment (Deposit): GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS MEDIUM.

Comment (Location): GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 117 KM WEST OF PIOCHE.

References

Reference (Deposit): BULL. 1272-C, 1969, 22 PP.

Reference (Deposit): CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. U.S. GEOL. SURV.

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS OF THE QUINN CANYON RANGE, NEVADA. PAPER IN

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

Reference (Deposit): 604. SAINSBURY, C. L., AND F. J. KLEINHAMPL. FLUORITE

Reference (Deposit): 545. PAPKE, K. FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND

Reference (Deposit): SURV. OPEN-FILE MAP, 1967, SCALE 1:200,000.

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): 93

Reference (Deposit): 357. KLEINHAMPL, F. J., AND J. I. ZIONY. PRELIMINARY

Reference (Deposit): TO NATIONAL BORON COMPANY

Reference (Deposit): PAPKE,K.G.,1979,FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA,NEV.BUREAU OF MINES BULL

Reference (Deposit): HUGHES,H.H.,1959, NYCO FLUORSPAR DEPOSIT,PRELIMINARY REPORT

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

Reference (Deposit): 815. WORL, R. G., R. E. VAN ALSTINE, AND A. V. HEYL.

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): 733. U.S. SENATE. MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA.

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

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): 816. 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): USBUREAU OF MINES PRELIMINARY REPORT

Reference (Deposit): BENSON,W.T.,1950,WEIGH FLUORSPAR DEPOSIT,NYE COUNTY,NEVADA,

Reference (Deposit): OF MINES MAP 3

Reference (Deposit): SAINSBURRY;C.L.AND F.J.KLEINHAMPL,1970; USGS BULL.1272-C

Reference (Deposit): HORTON,R.C.,1962,FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA,NEV.BUREAU

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU OF MINES REPORT NO.1

Reference (Deposit): HORTON,R.C.,1961,INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA, NEV.

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

Reference (Deposit): 283. 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): 281. HORTON, R. C. AN INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES

Reference (Deposit): WORL,R.G.,ET AL,1974,FLUORITE IN U.S.,USGS MAP MR-60

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.