Mine detail: Daisy Mine

Previously called 'Crowell Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.88497, -116.69395

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary:	Mercury, Uranium
Ore:	Cinnabar, Fluorite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz, Sericite
Orebody form:	FLUORSPAR BODIES LENTICULAR, IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1906

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Nopah Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	Post-Ore Faulting, Gouge Filled Faults Form Almost All The Contacts Between Ore Bodies And Dolomite

References

MRDS	M241867
DEP	10046672
Reference	{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL 93, P. 40-43.}{Deposit:: QUADE/SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 4/21/82}{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEV. MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN 1982; NBMG REPORT}{Deposit:: AVON, 1974, DAISY MINE REPORT, NBMG FILE 228, ITEM 1}{Deposit:: UNION PACIFIC RR. CO., 1952, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF CA., NV, OT, ID., CO.}{Deposit:: USGS, 1949, STRATIGIC MINERALS INVESTIGATIONS PRELIMINARY REPT 3-209}{Deposit:: SMITH, A.M., 1931, INSPECTION TRIP NOTES, NBMG, FILE 228, ITEM 8}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DIST AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEV; NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB. CO., RENO, NV.}{Production:: PAPKE, 1979, P. 40}
Reporter	Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.)