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Colton Prospect

Occurrence in Nye 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044177
MRDS ID M231538
Record type Site
Current site name Colton Prospect
Alternate or previous names Fluorine Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.43954, 38.59715 (WGS84)
Elevation 2097
Relative position IN A CANYON WEST OF COTTONWOOD CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Secret Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(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 009N 040E 36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WEST PART OF SECT. 36.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLUORITE IS LIGHT-GREENISH-GRAY TO LIGHT-GRAY, MEDIUM-GRAIN.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE VEIN REPORTEDLY SHOW 65% CAF2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Toiyabe Quartz Latite
    Rock description Toiyabe Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.43954, 38.59715
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N50W
    Dip 55-60N
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cloverdale District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Colton, W. E. And G. J.
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tomany, Edward M. And Ruth
    First year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner Weldon, Jack
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tomany, Edward M. And Ruth
    First year 1975

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 30 FT INCLINE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL., BULL. 93, P. 39

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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