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Perkins Claim

Occurrence in Nye 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044450
MRDS ID M231870
Record type Site
Current site name Perkins Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.67448, 38.13384 (WGS84)
Elevation 2627
Relative position 600 FT S70W OF SPAR CLAIM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nyala(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 056E 10 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE FLUORITE IS LIGHT PURPLE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.67448, 38.13384
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MASSIVE
  • General form MASSIVE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along The Contact Of The Limestone And The Rhyolite Dike.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 24 FT DEEP SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAINSBURY, CL AND KLEINHAMPL, FJ, 1969, FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF THE QUINN CANYON RANGE: USGS BULL. 1272-C, P. 15

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE AS MUCH AS 30 FT AWAY FROM THE DIKE WALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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