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Susie Prospect

Past Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042623
MRDS ID M060474
Record type Site
Current site name Susie Prospect
Alternate or previous names Neal and McKay Prospect, Suzie, NBMG Sample Sites 2724, 2725.
Related records 10247227

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.8554, 40.11573 (WGS84)
Relative position W. SIDE OF STILLWATER RANGE NEAR N END

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fencemaker Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 037E 18,17 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SW/4 SEC. 17 & SE/4 SEC. 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization, Silicification, Argillization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2723 CONTAINS 0.15 % FE, 0.15 % MG, +20 PPM CA, 0.03 % TI, 50 PPM MN, 50 PPM B, 1 PPM BE, 50 PPM LA, 5 PPM SC, 2000 PPM SR, 15 PPM V, 200 PPM Y, AND 20 PPM ZR.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Grass Valley Formation
    Rock description Grass Valley Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.8554, 40.11573
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, IRREGULAR PODS & VEINLETS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • FLUORSPAR IS EXPOSED IN 3 PRINCIPAL AREAS. THE SOUTHERN MOST OCCURS IN LIMESTONE WITH A FEW 1 TO 2 FT THICK. CLAYSTONE BEDS; ALTERED MATERIAL IS QUARTZ, CALCITE & KAOLINITE WITH A FEW IRREGULAR PODS OF FLUORSPAR PRESENT IN THE ALTERED ROCK. IN THE SECOND AREA, 800 FT. NE OF THE FIRST, CARBONATES HAVE BEEN ALTERED (ARGILLIZED & SILICIFIED) AND BRECCIATED AND CONTAINS ABUNDANT IRON OXIDES AND FLUORSPAR IN VEINLETS, SMALL PODS, AND AT LEAST 3 LARGE, IRREGULAR PODS. THE THIRD AREA, 700 FT FARTHER NORTH IN AN ADJACENT CANYON, IS IN A CONGLOMERATE CONSISTING OF SMALL CHERT & DOLOMITE FRAGMENTS IN A DOLOMITE MATRIX AND CONTAINS SMALL AMOUNT FLUORITE IN IRREGULAR VEINLETS & SMALL MASSES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956

Mining district

District name Table Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John E. Holmstom, Jr. And Assocs.
    First year 1984

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 93.

  • Deposit

    HORTON, 1961, AN INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG REPORT 1.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 9 OCT 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Production

    PAPKE, K, 1979

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIMS FIRST LOCATED IN 1956. A SMALL AMOUNT OF FLUORSPAR HAS BEEN STOCKPILED, AND POSSIBLY SOME HAS BEEN SHIPPED. EXPLORED BY NUMEROUS PITS AND ADITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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