Mine detail: Susie Prospect

Previously called 'Neal and Mckay ProspectSuzieNBMG Sample Sites 2724, 2725.'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.11573, -117.8554

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Calcite, Kaolinite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PODS, IRREGULAR PODS & VEINLETS
Discovery year:	1956

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Grass Valley Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Alteration processes:	Kaolinization, Silicification, Argillization

References

MRDS	M060474
DEP	10042623
Reference	{Deposit:: PAPKE, 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 93.}{Deposit:: HORTON, 1961, AN INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG REPORT 1.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 89.}{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 9 OCT 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.}{Production:: PAPKE, K, 1979}
Reporter	Johnson, Maureen G., La Pointe, D.D.