Nevada · Nye County
Past Producer

Nyco

Nye County, Nevada, United States
SilicaMagnesiteFluorine-FluoriteCalcium
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Commodities
TertiarySilica, Magnesite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Calcium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
WorkingsSurface, Underground
Materials
Other materialsFluorite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1951
Discovery year1950
Identification
Deposit ID10198492
Alternate namesSpar #2, Spar #1
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.07825, -115.76897
References
HORTON,R.C.,1961,INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA, NEV.BUREAU OF MINES REPORT NO.1HORTON,R.C.,1962,FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA,NEV.BUREAUOF MINES MAP 3SAINSBURRY;C.L.AND F.J.KLEINHAMPL,1970; USGS BULL.1272-CBENSON,W.T.,1950,WEIGH FLUORSPAR DEPOSIT,NYE COUNTY,NEVADA,USBUREAU OF MINES PRELIMINARY REPORTHUGHES,H.H.,1959, NYCO FLUORSPAR DEPOSIT,PRELIMINARY REPORTTO NATIONAL BORON COMPANYPAPKE,K.G.,1979,FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA,NEV.BUREAU OF MINES BULL93WORL,R.G.,ET AL,1974,FLUORITE IN U.S.,USGS MAP MR-60281. HORTON, R. C. AN INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCESIN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 1, 1961, 31 PP.283. HORTON, R. C. AN INVENTORY OF BARITE OCCURRENCES INNEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REP. 4, 1963, 19 PP.357. KLEINHAMPL, F. J., AND J. I. ZIONY. PRELIMINARYGEOLOGIC MAP OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL.SURV. OPEN-FILE MAP, 1967, SCALE 1:200,000.545. PAPKE, K. FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES ANDGEOL. BULL. 13, 1979, 77 PP.604. SAINSBURY, C. L., AND F. J. KLEINHAMPL. FLUORITEDEPOSITS OF THE QUINN CANYON RANGE, NEVADA. PAPER INCONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. U.S. GEOL. SURV.BULL. 1272-C, 1969, 22 PP.733. U.S. SENATE. MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA.88TH CONGR., 2D SESS,, SENATE DOCUMENT 87,JULY 23, 1964, 314 PP. (ALSO PUBLISHED AS NV BUREAU OF MINESAND GEOL. BULL. 65.)815. WORL, R. G., R. E. VAN ALSTINE, AND A. V. HEYL.FLUORITE IN THE UNITED STATES (EXCLUSIVE OF HAWAII). U.S.GEOL. SURV. MAP MR-60, 1974, SCALE 1:3,168,000.816. WORL, R. G., R. E. VAN ALSTINE, AND D. R. SHAWE.FLUORINE. CH. IN UNITED STATES MINERAL RESOURCES, ED. BYD. A. BROPST, AND W. P. PRATT. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF.PAPER 820, 1973, PP. 223 -235.