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Spar 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. Alteration
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044431
MRDS ID M231849
Record type Site
Current site name Spar Prospect
Alternate or previous names Morton and Vulture Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.60511, 38.87742 (WGS84)
Elevation 2060
Relative position 0.5 MILES BY ROAD SE OF BERLIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ione(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 012N 039E 28 SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE FLUORSPAR IS VERY LIGHT GRAY WITH A GREEN OR PURPLE TINT.

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result ORE BODIES DOES NOT EXCEED 20% CAF2.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Grantsville Formation
    Rock description Grantsville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.60511, 38.87742
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VUGGY MASSES, IRREGULAR VEINLETS, VUG LININGS
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 243.84M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LIMESTONE IS MEDIUM-DARK-GRAY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Discoverer Harold P. Newman

Mining district

District name Union District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TRENCHING AND DRILLING. DONE IN 1958-59

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL., BULL. 93, P. 34-35

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE LARGE SILICIFIED BODIES. OUTCROPS ARE BOLD, IRON STAINED, CONSISTING MOSTLY OF MEDIUM-DARK-GRAY TO MODERATE-RED COMPLETELY SILICIFIED MATERIAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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