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Black Top and Red Group

Occurrence in Nye 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046863
MRDS ID M242084
Record type Site
Current site name Black Top and Red Group
Alternate or previous names Red Placer Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.68922, 37.09635 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position To Near Center Of Sec 02.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thirsty Canyon SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pahute Mesa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010S 047E 02 N2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) Basalt flows
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940

Mining district

District name Flourine (Beatty, Bare Mountain, Carrara, Telluride) District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS AN 10-15 FT ADITS

Comments on development

  • THE FLUORITE CLAIMS WERE STAKED IN 1940. THE AREA WAS PROBABLY PROSPECTED FOR GOLD & SILVER AT AN EARLIER DATE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GEEHAN, R.W., 1945, SUMMARY REPORT OF WAR MINERALS EXAMINATION: BLACK TOP AND RED GROUP NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: BUREAU OF MINES WAR MINER. EXAM., WFOC MINER, PROPERTY FILE NO.25.17 (NEVADA).

  • Deposit

    NORBERG, J.R., 1977, USBM REPORT; MINERAL RESOURCES IN THE VICINITY OF THE NELLIS AFB, ETC.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A MINERALIZED FELSITE FLOW REPORTEDLY CONTAINS A FEW PERCENT OF FLUORITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-83 La Pointe, D.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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