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Merkt Prospect

Prospect in Churchill 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246925
MAS/MILS ID 0320010092
Record type Site
Current site name Merkt Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.06485, 39.28911 (WGS84)
Elevation 1378
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

West Gate(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 017 N 035 E 32 E2SESW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SEC 5

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.06485, 39.28911
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. MAP 3, 1962, MAP NO. 8.

  • 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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