Mine detail: Big Jim Prospect

Previously called 'White Horse Claim SparSpar #1Spar #2GalenaGalena #1Big Jim #1 Claims.'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.13106, -115.67059

Resource(N)

Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Orebody form:	POD, IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1934

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Dolomite
Associated type:	Quartz Latite
Structure:	Faults
Alteration processes:	Silicification Of The Dolomite.

References

MRDS	M231857
DEP	10044439
Reference	{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 93, P. 52.}{Deposit:: GOULET, R.J., 1945, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON BIG JIM FLUORSPAR MINE: NBMG FILE 262, ITEM 2.}{Deposit:: KRAL,V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50.}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)