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Nevada Fluorspar Mine

Past Producer in Pershing 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295764
MAS/MILS ID 0320270584
Record type Site
Current site name Nevada Fluorspar Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.99266, 40.0585 (WGS84)
Elevation 1430
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Logan Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025 N 035 E 01 SWSWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Mica Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.99266, 40.0585
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 84M
    Width 23M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N00S:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830412

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Paul And Sally Echeverria, Nancy Ging
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE KG 1974-1975, DATA FROM FIELD INVES. FLOURSPAR OCC. IN

  • Deposit

    USGS OFM PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF PERSHING CO. NEV., 1969.

  • Deposit

    TATLOCK DB 1969, PRELIM. GEOL MAPPERSHING CO., USGS OFM

  • Deposit

    PAPKE,KG,1979,FLOURSPAR IN NV:NV BUR MINES BULL 93,P64-66.

  • Deposit

    MULLER,SW,1951,GEOL OF THE MT TOBIN QUAD,NV:USGS GEOL QUAD

  • Deposit

    MAP GQ-7

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-OCT-94 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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