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La Plata Prospect

Occurrence in Churchill 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045363
MRDS ID M233072
Record type Site
Current site name La Plata Prospect
Alternate or previous names Part of the Charlie Group, Black Hills, Michigan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.29457, 39.42185 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.3 MILES SE OF DIXIE MINE (UNSURVEYED AREA)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Plata Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 033E 16 W2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • (POSSIBLY IN SEC.27, +18N,R32E-REFERENCES CONFLICT). 11.6 MILES BY ROAD NORTH OFTHE INTERSECTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 50 AND STATE HIGHWAY 31, AND JUST EAST OF THE ROAD TO LA PLATA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer Mark Harris And Fred T. Pine

Mining district

District name Mountain Wells (La Plata) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL TRENCHES OVER A 300-FT DISTANCE EXPLORE IGNEOUS CONTACTS

Comments on development

  • MICHIGAN CLAIM IS FIRST KNOWN MINING LOCATION IN THE VICINITY. SEVERAL CLAIMS OFTHE BLACK HILLS GROUP WERE LOCATED IN 1952 BY PAUL AND CHARLES CIRAC, AND SOME EXPLORATION WAS DONE AT THAT TIME. IN MAY, 1975, THE CLAIMS WERE PART OF A GROUP RELOCATED BY CHARLES S. JACOBS AS THE CHARLIE GROUP. SEVERAL TRENCHES OVER A 300-FT. DISTANCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL 93

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORITE-RICH ZONES ABOUT AN INCH WIDE OCCUR ALONG CONTACTS OF DIKES OR SILLS, AND FLUORITE IS PRESENT LOCALLY AS SMALL MASSES AND VEINLETS IN THE ADJACENT ROCKS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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