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Fiorite Group

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174191
MRDS ID M055314
MAS/MILS ID 0320230251
Record type Site
Current site name Fiorite Group
Alternate or previous names Duane Group, Kernick-Duane, Kernick Divide Mining Co., Flower-Kernick, William Duane Mine, Flower Mercury Mine, Flower Mine, Flower Quicksilver Mine
Related records 10040507, 10125628

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.93231, 38.66323 (WGS84)
Elevation 2548
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010 N 045 E 33 C NWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.93231, 38.66323
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 24.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETOM 41, 1944, P. 134, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 256.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-470, TABLE LIST

  • Deposit

    ONLY.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY RENO HISTORICAL FILES,

  • Deposit

    NO. 213, ITEM 24.

  • Deposit

    ERVINE, W.B., 1972, STANFORD UNIVERSITY PHD THESIS.

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LABELED "FLOWER MINE" ON 7.5 MIN. TOPO. W.A. FLOWER LOCATED THE FIORITE CLAIM GROUP OVER WHAT IS BEST KNOWN AS THE FLOWER (MERCURY) MINE. FIORITE IS A WHITE, CRUBMLY MINERAL THAT HOSTS THE MERCURY LOCALLY. PRODUCED ABOUT 50 FLASKS OF MERCURY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JAN-95 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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