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Quinn Canyon District Report

Producer in Mineral 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067315
MRDS ID W000022
Record type Site
Current site name Quinn Canyon District Report

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.67013, 38.13576 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anchorite Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Mineral

Comments on the location information

  • THE LOCATION FOR THE DISTRICT REPORT IS TAKEN FROM THE SPAR MINE(M231875) WHICH WAS A FLOURITE PRODUCER IN THE DISTRICT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.67013, 38.13576
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FLUORITE IN SILICIFIED ZONES IN VOLCANICS, FLUORITE AND CALCITE IN VEINS AND LENSES IN LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quinn Canyon District(?=Willow Creek District)

Comments on the production information

  • TWO CURRENT OPERATIONS - BOTH SMALL

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MAY BE LARGE AREAS OF MANTOS AND LENSES OF CAF2 IN LIMESTONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAINSBURY, USGS BULL. 1272C

  • Production

    WORL,R.G.,1971

  • Reserve-Resource

    WORL, R.G., 1971

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1971 Worl, Ronald G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1990 Skurski, M. (Marcus, Sue) U.S. Geological Survey

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