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El Cortez Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044458
MRDS ID M231879
Record type Site
Current site name El Cortez Prospect
Alternate or previous names Cortez Extension Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.73865, 38.04217 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position NEAR THE HEAD OF DAVIS CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badger Gulch(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 055E 12 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION DATA COMES FROM GOLD BUG GROUP CLAIMS(#M231903) WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE DISTRICT. (ORIGINAL RECORD M231904 HAD NO LAT/LONG).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.73865, 38.04217
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form DISCONTINOUS
    Strike N40E
    Dip 65-75 SE
    Length 1066.8M
    Width 1.52M
  • General form DISCONTINOUS
    Dip 65-75 SE
  • General form DISCONTINOUS
    Dip 65-75 SE
  • General form DISCONTINOUS
    Dip 65-75 SE
  • General form DISCONTINOUS
    Dip 65-75 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along An Iron-Stained, Bleached, And Silicified Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer Hubert Welch And Willis Walch

Mining district

District name Quinn Canyon District; Willow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wood, Norman
    First year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • LOW ESTIMATES OF PRODUCTION. PRODUCTION IS ESTIMATED AT 10,000 TO 1,000,000 OZ OF SILVER AND 10 TO 1,000 OZ OF GOLD.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHAFTS.
  • TRENCHES AND PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAINSBURY, C.L. AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1969, FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF THE QUINN CANYON RANGE: USGS BULL. 1272-C, P. 18

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K. G., 1979, NBMG BULL 93, P. 57

  • Deposit

    HORTON, R. C., 1961, NBMG REPORT 1, P. 19.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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