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Fluorspar Group Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098596
MRDS ID M231840
Record type Site
Current site name Fluorspar Group Prospect
Alternate or previous names Fluorspar Lode Nos. 1 To 3 Claims.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.5765, 38.86853 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Relative position 500 FT SW OF THE NORTHERNMOST HIGH POINT ON RICHMOND HILL.

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 012N 039E 34 NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE FLUORSPAR IS VERY LIGHT GRAY TO MEDIUM GRAY, MEDIUM GRAIN CRYSTALS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result NONE OF THE MATERIAL EXCEEDS 50% CAF2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Luning Formation;Grantsville
    Rock description Luning Formation;Grantsville
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.5765, 38.86853
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description East-West Fault; North-South Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL IRREGULAR VUGGY MASSES, VEINLETS
    Length 7.62M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCATTERED FLUORSPAR MINERALIZATION FOUND FOR 100 FT LENGTH ALONG 2 PARALLEL N-S TRENDING ZONES 30 FT APART

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Discoverer G.B. Grant

Mining district

District name Union District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dorresteyne, Dorothy
    First year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL BUT UNREPORTED PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN PIT (30 FT X 15 FT), A 15 FT LONG OPEN CUT, AND PROSPECT PITS.:4 DRILL HOLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL., BULL. 93, P. 37

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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