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Northern Horseshoe 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044448
MRDS ID M231868
Record type Site
Current site name Northern Horseshoe Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.68448, 38.12217 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Relative position NORTH 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

Badger Gulch(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 16 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 OF SECT. 16.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of The Limestone.

Analytical data

Result FLUORITE CONTENT DOES NOT EXCEED 30%.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Pogonip Group
    Rock description Pogonip Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.68448, 38.12217
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Some Post-Ore Brecciation; Slickensides

Ore body information

  • General form LINED VUGS, IRREGULAR MASSES AND VEINLETS
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 76.2M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LIMESTONE IS MEDIUM GRAY, FINE CRYSTALS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Willow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW DRILL HOLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 93, P. 53

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE ORE BODIES: SOUTHERNMOST (200 FT LONG, 50 FT WIDE), CENTRAL (250 FT LONG, 100 FT WIDE), NORTHERMOST (200 FT LONG, 100 FT WIDE).

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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