Murray Fluorite Property

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045834
MRDS ID M233673
Record type Site
Current site name Murray Fluorite Property
Alternate or previous names Uranico Mine, Murray Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.57815, 38.83103 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT A MILE SOUTH OF GRANTSVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grantsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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 011N 039E 10 NEAR CENTER Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS NORTH END OF ALLIED GROUP (EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.57815, 38.83103

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950

Mining district

District name Union District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. E. Murray Of Grantsville
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • CUTS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J., AND ZIONY, J.I. (IN PRESS), GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO., NV; NBMG BULL.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E. (1951), MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE COUNTY: NBMG BULL. 50.

  • Deposit

    HORTON, R.C., 1961, NBMG REPT. 1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.