Emerald Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10046546
MRDS ID M241727
Record type Site
Current site name Emerald Prospect
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1772, Emerald and Emerald No. 1 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.7367, 38.03551 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badger Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 056E 30 NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESS BY ROAD WAS NOT POSSIBLE IN 1984 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result BEST MATERIAL ESIMATED AT 50% CAF2, BUT MOST IS 20%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.7367, 38.03551

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 E
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL
    Length 9.14M
    Width 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Discoverer Hubert Welch & Willis Walch

Mining district

District name Quinn Canyon District; Willow Creek District District; Willow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • MINORS TRENCHES & PITS.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR OF NEVADA, NBMG, BULL 93, PG. 58

  • Deposit

    SAINBURY, C.L. & KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1969, FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF QUINN CANYON RANGE, NEV., USGS, 1272-C, P. 18-19.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, MAY 31,1984.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT PITS OCCUR ALONG NARROW N80E VEINS IN LIGHT GREY PORPHYRITIC RHYOLITE. THE VEIN IS FE-MN STAINED, VUGGY, SLIGHTLY GREENISH FLUORSPAR/QUARTZ WHICH APPEARS TO BE VERY LOW GRADE AND SMALL IN QUANTITY. SAMPLE 1772 DID NOT HAVE DETECTABLE GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.