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Unnamed Prospect Fluorine

Occurrence in Mineral 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044544
MRDS ID M232008
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect Fluorine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.32455, 37.9491 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNT MONTGOMERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Montgomery(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 033E 17 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.32455, 37.9491
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Buena Vista District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 58, P. 80.

  • Deposit

    CROWDER, D.F., ROBINSON, P.F., HARRIS, D.L., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BENTON QUADRANGLE: USGS MAP GQ-1013.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-81 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

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