Shannon Queen Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044459
MRDS ID M231881
Record type Site
Current site name Shannon Queen Prospect
Alternate or previous names Bell, NBMG Sample Location 1771

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.69893, 38.00551 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position SOUTH OF HILL 7678, WEST OF DAVIS CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badger Gulch(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 056E 29 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESS IS FROM THE NE ON FOOT, AS ROADS ARE WASHED OUT (1984).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLUORITE IS LIGHT GREENISH GREY TO LIGHT GREY WITH CRYSTALS LESS THAN 2 MM DIAMETER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue

Analytical data

Result HIGHEST CONTENT OF VEIN IS 50 % CAF2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) Intermediate silicic ash flow tuff

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISCONTINOUS, POD , POD
    Strike N60-70E
    Dip STEEPLY NW
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along A Zone Of Silicified, Pyritized, And Bleached Volcanic Rocks.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Discoverer Hubert Welch And Willis Walch

Mining district

District name Quinn Canyon District; Willow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Norman Wood ; Hubert Welch And Willis Walch
    First year 1976

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES AND PITS

Comments on development

  • SOME FLUORSPAR HAS BEEN HAND-COBBED AND STACKED NEXT TO THE OUTCROP (1984)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAINSBURY, C.L. AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1969, FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF THE QUINN CANYON RANGE: USGS BULL. 1272-C, P. 19-20

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K. G., 1979, NBMG BULL 93, P. 58-59.

  • Deposit

    HORTON, R. C., 1961, NBMG REPORT 1, P. 20.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, MAY 31, 1984.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN QUARTZ-RICH EN ECHELON VEINS. MAIN VEIN IS POD-SHAPED ON THE WEST SIDE OF AN OUTCROP OF ALTERED LITHIC-RICH VOLCANIC BRECCIA. LOCALLY THE BRECCIA FORMS VERY STEEP OUTCROPS AND RIDGES OF HIGHLY SILICIFIED MATERIAL. SAMPLE 1771 WAS SELECTED FROM THE PILE STACKED NEXT TO THE OUTCROP AS WELL AS FROM THE OUTCROP ITSELF; IT DID NOT CONTAIN DETECTABLE GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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