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Rocket Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044453
MRDS ID M231873
Record type Site
Current site name Rocket Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.67698, 38.13467 (WGS84)
Elevation 2652
Relative position 1000 FT S70W 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 W2 OF SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLUORITE IS FINE GRAIN, VERY LIGHT-GRAY TO COARSE GRAIN AND PALE PURPLE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Kaolinite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification And Brecciation Of The Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.67698, 38.13467
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form AS COATINGS AND CEMENT IN THE BRECCIA
  • General form AS COATINGS AND CEMENT IN THE BRECCIA

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along The Contact Of The Limestone And The Rhyolite Dike; Along A Thrust Fault At The Base Of A Tabular Mass Of Jasperized Limestone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer Hubert And Vera Welch

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 the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 93, P. 52

  • Deposit

    KRAL,V.E. (1951) NBMG BULL 50

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORITE COATS AND CEMENTS BRECCIATED JASPEROID. FLUORSPAR REPLACES SILICIFIED,BRECCIATED HOST ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 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

Beyond USGS

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