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Mercury-Fluorite Prospect #2

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Mercury, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046587
MRDS ID M241772
Record type Site
Current site name Mercury-Fluorite Prospect #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.6531, 36.84914 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carrara Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012S 048E 31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.6531, 36.84914
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fluorine (Bare Mountain) District

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 PROSPECT PIT, 1 SHAFT, 1 ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BELL, E.J. AND LARSON, L.T., 1981, DRAFT FINAL REPORT: CHARACTERIZATION OF ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SW NTS AND VICINITY: PREPARED FOR D.O.E. P. 62.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M., 1977, USGS MAP MF-873.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-83 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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