Flower Mercury Placer Ground

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Mercury
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10256420
MRDS ID W001573
MAS/MILS ID 0320231140
Record type Site
Current site name Flower Mercury Placer Ground
Alternate or previous names Nevada Mint and Bar Claim Group, Ulla Claim Group
Related records 10096166

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.92451, 38.66353 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Location accuracy 100(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 NWSW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.92451, 38.66353

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Belmont District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THAT PART OF THE TOQUIMA

  • Deposit

    RANGE, NEVADA, ADMINISTERED AS TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST.

  • Deposit

    ERVINE, W.B., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL ZONING OF THE

  • Deposit

    SPANISH BELT MINING DISTRICT, NYE COUNTY, NV: STANFORD

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITY PHD THESIS, P. 129 AND 131.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BAILEY AND PHOENIX, 1944, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 41, P. 136.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MRDS DATA (W001573) IS THE DESCRIPTION FOR THE FLOWER IRON CLAIMS. DO NOT CONFUSE DESCRIPTIONS BY KRAL, 1951, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50, P. 25, OR NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, P. 50. THIS AREA IS WITHIN THE ULLA CLAIM GROUP ACCORDING TO 1990 BLM MASTER TITLE PLATS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAR-95 Schmauch, Steven W. 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.