Mine detail: Spar Prospect

Previously called 'Morton and Vulture Claims'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.87742, -117.60511

Resource(N)

Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Orebody form: VUGGY MASSES, IRREGULAR VEINLETS, VUG LININGS
Discovery year: 1951

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Grantsville Formation
Host type:Limestone
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSM231849
DEP10044431
ReferencePAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL., BULL. 93, P. 34-3
ReporterWong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)