Michigan Prospect

Prospect in Churchill 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246759
MAS/MILS ID 0320010091
Record type Site
Current site name Michigan Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.31626, 39.42741 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Plata Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018 N 033 E 27 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.31626, 39.42741

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7093, 1940, P. 39.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REPORT 1, 1961, P. 10.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MAP 3, 1962, MAP NO. 7.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1973, NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 7.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 83, 1974, TABLE 7, P. 50.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-APR-94 Ridenour, James 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.