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Big Jim Prospect

Prospect 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150422
MAS/MILS ID 0320230735
Record type Site
Current site name Big Jim Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -115.67307, 38.12775 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nyala(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 N 056 E 10 SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -115.67307, 38.12775
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wood, Norman
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979,FLUOSPAR IN NV: NV BUR MINES BULL 93,P 52

  • Deposit

    KRAL,V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.NV: NV UNIV

  • Deposit

    BULL V45, NO.3, NV BUR MINES BULL 50, P 215.

  • Deposit

    SAINSBURY,C.L,& KLEINHAMPL,F.J,1969,FLUORITE DEPS OF QUINN

  • Deposit

    OF QUINN CANYON RGE, NV: USGS BULL 1272-C, PL 1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-83 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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