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Unnamed Fluorspar Deposit

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. 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 10045315
MRDS ID M233016
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Fluorspar Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.33122, 37.95187 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195

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 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972); 1:24000 QUADRANGLE IS A 1962) EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.33122, 37.95187
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LIOEAR
    Strike N
    Dip STEEPLY E TO VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein

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 BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Overholser, W. W.
    Home office Fernley, Nevada
  • Type Owner
    Owner Perry, A. M.
    Home office Fernley, Nevada

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHORT ADITS; TRESTEL TO HAUL ORE DOWN CANYON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 58

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORITE (PURPLISH) AND CALCITE VEINS UP TO 18 INCHES THICK IN POST-ESMERALDA INTERMEDIATE VOLEANIC ROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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