Mine detail: Mammoth Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.67796, -117.62318

Resource(N)

Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite
Orebody form: LENSES, PODS
Discovery year: 1952

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Valmy Formation
Host type:Greenstone,Limestone

References

MRDSM060487
DEP10042632
Reference{Deposit:: JOHNSON M.G. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULLETIN 89.}{Deposit:: PAPKE, 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA; NBMG BULLETIN 93, P. 59.}{Deposit:: HORTON, 1961, AN INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG REPORT 1.}{Deposit:: NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.}
ReporterJohnson, Maureen G., La Pointe, D.D.