Davis Claims

Prospect in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Magnesite, Silica
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173979
MAS/MILS ID 0320170302
Record type Site
Current site name Davis Claims
Alternate or previous names Greenspar, Jackpot Group, El Cortez, Sunbeam, Flour Bell, Quo-Vadis Prospect, Shannon Queen Prospect, Steele Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -115.74117, 38.04385 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badger Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sand Spring-Tikaboo Valleys(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002 N 056 E 18 SESE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Magnesite Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -115.74117, 38.04385

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wood, Norman E.
    Interest 100
    Home office P. O. Box 2692, Great Falls, Mt
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HORTON,R.C., 1961,INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA, NEV.BUR.

  • Deposit

    MINES REPORT NO.1

  • Deposit

    HORTON,R.C., 1962,FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA;NEVADA BUR

  • Deposit

    MINES MAP NO.3

  • Deposit

    SAINSBURRY,C.L.AND KLEINHAMPLE,F.J.,1969,USGS BULL.1272-C

  • Deposit

    BENSON,W.T., 1950, WELCH FLUORSPAR,USBM PRELIMINARY REPORT

  • Deposit

    STEPHENSON,E.L.,1953, WELCH FLUORSPAR,REPORT TO STANDARD

  • Deposit

    SLAG CO.

  • Deposit

    PAPKE,K.G.,1979,FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA,NEV.BUMINES BULL. 93

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-1984 Mcmahan U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.