Mine detail: Union Canyon Mine

Previously called 'Sea Bee Mineshoshone Calim Group ?'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.87159, -117.59955

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Gangue:	Calcite, Montmorillonite, Pyrophyllite, Sericite
Orebody form:	NODULAR MASSES, BROKEN VEINLETS, VEINS
Discovery year:	1952

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Luning Formation;Grantsville
Host type:	Siltstone,Conglomerate
Structure:	Two Parallel Faults 100 Ft Apart Trending North To Northwest, Dipping 60-70 W.
Alteration processes:	Argillization And Silicification.

References

MRDS	M231850
DEP	10044432
Reference	{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL., BULL. 93, P. 35.}{Deposit:: HORTON,R.C.,1961, NBMG REPORT 1.}{Production:: PAPKE, 1979, P. 35.}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)