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Fletcher Prospect

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045333
MRDS ID M233038
Record type Site
Current site name Fletcher Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.94177, 38.35576 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eddyville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
006N 036E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST WEST OF BETTY PROPERTY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Excelsior Formation
    Rock description Excelsior Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.94177, 38.35576
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cinnabar Canyon And Los Steers Thrust Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pilot Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fletcher, Fred
    Home office Mina, Nv

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF ABOUT 150 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS THAT EXPLORE HIGHLY BROKEN CHERTS, SHALES AND ALTERED VOLCANIC ROCKS OF THE EXCELSIOR FORMATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PHOENIX, P.A., AND CATHCART, J.B., 1952, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE SOUTHERN PILOT MOUNTAINS, MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 973.D.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G. W. JR., 1965, USBM IC 8252

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGHLY BROKEN CHERTS, SHALES AND ALTERED VOLCANIC ROCKS OF THE EXCELSIOR FORMATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 Flynn, Patricia 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.

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