Hiatt Beryl Fluorite Prospect

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Beryllium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Silver, Tungsten
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222089
MRDS ID M055312
MAS/MILS ID 0320230591
Record type Site
Current site name Hiatt Beryl Fluorite Prospect
Alternate or previous names Hiatt Prospect, Windy Hill, Rose Creek Nos. 1-40, Hiatt, Lees Tungsten
Related records 10040505, 10173697

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.09312, 38.49993 (WGS84)
Elevation 2446
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baxter Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern 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 007 N 044 E 06 NWNWNW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NUMEROUS PITS AND TRENCHES ARE ALONG THE COMMON WEST SIDELINE OF SEC. 6, T. 7 N., R. 44 E. AND SEC. 1, T. 7 N., R. 43 E. FOR 1 MILE. THE POINT OF REFERENCE USED IS THE ONLY SHAFT LOCATED ON BAXTER SPRINGS 7.5 MIN. TOPO, IN EXTREME NW CORNER SEC. 6, T. 7 N., R. 44 E. RELOCATED WITHIN ROSE CREEK NOS. 1-49 BY WESTERN STAR RESOURCES IN 1984. MAY HAVE POSSIBLE VANADIUM MINERALS. PROPERTY INVESTIGATES QUARTZ VEINS ALONG GRANITE/METASED CONTACT WITH LENSES OF BARITE. USFS 2810 FILES SHOW LEE HIATT LEASED PROPERTY TO ROBERT FRANTOT IN 1984. ONE OF 20 U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SAMPLES CONTAINED 2.7 OZ. SILVER AND 0.4 PERCENT LEAD. LEE HIATT, MANHATTAN, NV CALLED HIS CLAIMS WINDY HILL. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MRDS DUPLICATE NOS. HIATTE PROSPECT (M233578) AND WINDY HILL PROSPECT (M055312).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.09312, 38.49993

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 1, 1961.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-470, TABLE 15,

  • Deposit

    P. 23 (LOCATION ONLY).

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 98, 1984, P. 31,

  • Deposit

    117 (PAPKE).

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES MAP 3, 1962.

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PHD, W.C. PETERS, 1956.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    93, P. 72.

  • Deposit

    STAEGER, H.K., AND TINGLEY, T.W., 1988, NEVADA BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 105, P. 144.

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAR-95 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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