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Unnamed Fluorite Prospect

Occurrence in Churchill 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 10045362
MRDS ID M233071
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Fluorite Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.3029, 39.4213 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Plata Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 033E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2400 FT. WEST OF THE LA PLATA PROSPECT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.3029, 39.4213
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 40S
    Thickness 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mountan Wells (La Plata) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SKORT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL. 93

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A 1/2-TO 1-FT. THICK VEIN OF FLUORSPAR IS PRESENT IN SEDIMENTARY ROCKS NEAR QUARTZ MONZONITE CONTACT. FOOTWALL IS HORNFELS; HANGING WALL IS PHYLLITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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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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