Mine detail: White Pine Prospect

Previously called 'White Pine No. 1 To 5 ClaimsRoark Prospectbroom Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.88272, -115.44921

Resource(B)

Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Tungsten
Ore:	Fluorite, Galena, Scheelite
Gangue:	Calcite, Diopside, Mica, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	VEINLETS, ANHEDRAL CRYSTALS, IRREGULAR CLUSTERS
Discovery year:	1976

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Lincoln Peak Formation;Dunderburg Shale
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Rhyolitic Dikes
Associated type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Plutonic Rock
Alteration processes:	The Bedrock Is Extensively Metamorphosed To A Very-Light-Gray To Yellowish-Gray Material.

References

MRDS	M231554
DEP	10044190
Reference	{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL., BULL. 93, P. 34}{Deposit:: KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.}{Deposit:: BENTZ, J.; TINGLEY, J.V.; SMITH, P., FIELD EXAMINATION, 15 JUNE, 1981.}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)