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Reese and Berry

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Beryllium, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10044701
MRDS ID M232267
Record type Site
Current site name Reese and Berry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.06757, 39.4291 (WGS84)
Elevation 2323

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spring Valley Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Summit Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor 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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 052E 13,24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 100 M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Fluorite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 46
USGS model code 15a
Deposit model name W veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Lone Mountain Dolomite
    Rock description Lone Mountain Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.06757, 39.4291
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sheared And Brecciated Rock Along Thrust Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE IS MOSTLY FLUORITE AND BERYL IN A THRUST ZONE BETWEEN EUREKA QUARTIZITE AND SILURIAN LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fish Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Union Carbide Co.
    First year 1961

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED BY UNION CARBIDE IN 1961, WHO SUBSEQUENTLY DROPPED THEIR OPTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO NEV, N.B. OF M. BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (MILLETT) MILS NO. 73, REFERENCE NO. 3201100049

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS (1973) NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 19

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J., ETAL, (1967)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORITE AND BERYL IN FAULT ZONE
Deposit THE PROPERTY WAS EXPLORED BY UNION CARBIDE IN 1961, THEY SUBSEQUENTLY DROPPED THEIR OPTION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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