| Deposit ID | 10095740 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M241533 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Fluorite Basin Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Mercury, Little Red Mountain, Indian and Fluorite Basin Claims |
| Related records | 10305626 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.35361, 37.21804 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1463 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | 200m To Area Of Principal Fluorite Exposures |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lincoln(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Blue Nose Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Clover Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)
Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lincoln |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 008S | 068E | 25,26,35,36 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Mercury | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cinnabar | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff |
| (1) | -114.35361, 37.21804 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | N-S Vertical Fault Zone |
| General form | TABULAR TO IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N-S |
| Dip | 60 W |
| Thickness | 0.61M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discoverer | James Bradshaw And Bill Bradshaw Staked Claims In 1973 |
| District name | Viola District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M241533 |
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | CLAIMS ENCOMPASS AN E-TRENDING RIDGE OF RHYOLITE AND RHYOLITE TUFF. PROSPECTS DUG WHERE THE VOLCANIC ROCKS ARE SILICIFIED, CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS AND INTENSELY COLORED BY RED IRON OXIDES MR. BRADSHAW THAT CINNABAR OCCURS CHIEFLY WITH FLUORITE, BUT SO FAR, NOT WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO MINE. IN E PART OF FLORITE BASIN NO. 2 CLAIM, A 6-FT DEEP PIT EXPOSES A POORLY-DEFINED REPLACEMENT BODY UP TO 2 FT WIDE STRIKING N-S, DIP 60 W. A TRENCH EXTENDING 15 FT WESTWARD FAILED TO FIND OTHER FLUORITE BODIES. ABOUT 200 FT SOUTH AND APPROXIMATELY ON STRIKE. A 35-FT TRENCH EXPLORED A N-S VERTICAL FAULT ZONE. IN AN 8-FT SHAFT AT THE SOUTH END OF THE TRENCH THE VOLCANIC ROCK IS PARTLY REPLACED BY FLURSPAR FOR SEVERAL FEET ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE FAULT. SMALL AMOUNTS OF FLUORSPAR ARE EXPOSED IN A FEW OTHER EXCAVATIONS ON THE CLAIMS. THE FLUORSPAR IS WHITE TO LIGHT GRAY BUT MUCH OF IT IS STAINED BY IRON OXIDES. THE MATERIAL IS FINE-GRAINED, VUGGY, AND SLIGHTLY FRIABLE. FLUORITE, CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ, AND |
| Deposit | RELATIVELY UNALTERED HOST ROCK ARE THE ONLY COMPONENTS OF THE FLUORSPAR. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-84 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.