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Jumbo 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 10044446
MRDS ID M231866
Record type Site
Current site name Jumbo Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.67531, 38.13051 (WGS84)
Elevation 2652
Relative position 1700 FT S35W OF SPAR CLAIM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nyala(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 056E 10 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLUORITE IS VERY LIGHT GRAY, FINE GRAIN CRYSTALS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.67531, 38.13051
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form AS CEMENTING AGENT
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 12.19M
  • General form AS CEMENTING AGENT

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along A Thrust (?) Fault At The Base Of The Jasperized Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE JASPERIZED LIMESTONE IS HIGHLY BRECCIATED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Vera Welch And Edna Walch

Mining district

District name Willow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wood, Norman
    First year 1976

Comments on development

  • 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAINSBURY, C.L. AND KLEINHAMPL, FJ, 1969, FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF THE QUINN CANYON RANGE: USGS BULL. 1272-C, P.15

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, KG, 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 93, P. 52-53

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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