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Merkt 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045367
MRDS ID M233076
Record type Site
Current site name Merkt Prospect
Alternate or previous names Fluorine Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.06539, 39.28908 (WGS84)
Elevation 1384
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 700 FT SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 50., To Main Prospect Pit

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Gate(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 017N 035E 32 S2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN HILLS JUST SOUTH OF WESTGATE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLUORITE IS GRAYISH-YELLOW WITH APINK OR PURPLE CAST LOCALLY, AND OCCURS IN VUGGY TO MASSIVE FINE-GRAINED AGGREGATES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.06539, 39.28908
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Strike N35W
    Dip 85E
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 4-Ft. Wide Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer Earl G. And Clyde E. Merkt

Mining district

District name Westgate Districct

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Merkt, Earl G. And Clyde E.
    First year 1953

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 12.19M
    Overall depth 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • 40-FT. LONG FACE UP TO 8 FT. HIGH WITH A 6-FT DEEP PIT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FACE

Comments on development

  • AREA WAS APPARENTLY PROSPECTED FOR PRECIOUS METALS, BUT THE ONLY CLAIMS LOCATED WERE FOR FLUORSPAR. LITTLE WORK WAS DONE AND NO ORE WAS APPARENTLY SHIPPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 93

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORSPAR OCCURRED AS PODS IN THE FOOTWALL PORTION OF THE FAULT AND PROBABLY ALSO IN THE DOLOMITE THE FOOTWALL IS DOLOMITE; THE HANGING WALL IS SILTSTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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