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Bow Claim

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045812
MRDS ID M233645
Record type Site
Current site name Bow Claim
Alternate or previous names Bow #1 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.12537, 39.13409 (WGS84)
Elevation 1878
Relative position ABOUT 1.8 MILES BY ROAD FROM HIGHWAY 8A.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brewer Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 043E 27,26 NE (27); NW (26) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES SOUTH OF LANDER COUNTY LINE, AT MOUTH OF AIKEN CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLUORITE IS FINE-GRAINED, OPALINE, MOSTLY GRAY, SOME GRAY-GREEN, AND PALE PURPLE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.12537, 39.13409
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1980
Discoverer Lee And Rong

Mining district

District name Twin River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lee And Rong

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • 15 FT.-ADIT

Comments on development

  • FIELD-CHECKED BY J. V. TINGLEY ON SEPT. 20 1981. BOW #1 CLAIM POST AT ADIT SYMBOL ON MAP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECK, 9/20/81 BY J. V. TINGLEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINLETS 1/2"-1" THICK ALONG SHEAR ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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