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Bruno 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 10044440
MRDS ID M231858
Record type Site
Current site name Bruno Prospect
Alternate or previous names Bruno Claim, Hope Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.85421, 38.07162 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position WEST SIDE OF QUINN CANYON RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goat Ranch Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 054E 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 NW 1/4 OF SECT. 1

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLUORITE IS LIGHT-GREENISH-GRAY TO VERY-LIGHT-GRAY, FINE GRAIN CRYSTALS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.85421, 38.07162
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODLIKE
    Strike N 25 E
    Dip 30-50 W
    Thickness 0.46M
    Length 7.62M

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
Discovery year 1946
Discoverer George Bruno And Roy Redenbaugh

Mining district

District name Willow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Slavin, Ed And Helen
    First year 1976

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 10 FT SHAFT AND A FEW SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 93, P. 55

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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