Spar Prospect

Prospect 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198152
MAS/MILS ID 0320230734
Record type Site
Current site name Spar Prospect
Alternate or previous names Morton Claims, Vulture Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -117.60534, 38.87572 (WGS84)
Elevation 2066
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

Ione(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 012 N 039 E 28 SWNWSW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -117.60534, 38.87572

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Berlin

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harold P. Newman
    Year 1952
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Nevada
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K. G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 93, P. 34.

  • Deposit

    SIBERLING, N. J., 1959, PRE-TERTIARY STRATIGRAPHY AND UPPER

  • Deposit

    TRIASSIC PALEONTOLOGY OF THE UNION DISTRICT, SHOSHONE

  • Deposit

    MOUNTAINS, NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL

  • Deposit

    PAPER 322, PLATE 10.

  • Deposit

    HAMILTON, M.M., 1993, PROSPECTS, AND MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN

  • Deposit

    THAT PART OF THE SHOSHONE RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS

  • Deposit

    TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MLA

  • Deposit

    OPEN-FILE REPORT 16-93, P. 57.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-95 Hamilton 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.