Mine detail: Mammoth Prospect

Previously called 'Mammoth ClaimMammoth No. 1 Claim'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.15384, -115.65226

Resource(N)

Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	CEMENT
Discovery year:	1953

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Antelope Valley;Pogonip Group
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	The Limestone Beds Strike Ne To Nw, Dipping 15-30w. Joints, Faults, Local Brecciation Of Jasperoid.
Alteration processes:	Silicified Limestone

References

MRDS	M231867
DEP	10044447
Reference	{Deposit:: SAINSBURY, CL AND KLEINHAMPL, FJ, 1969, FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF THE QUINN CANYON RANGE: USGS BULL. 1272-C, P. 12-13}{Deposit:: PAPKE, KG, 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 93, P. 48-50}{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL. 50.}{Deposit:: HORTON, R.C., 1961, NBMG REPORT 1.}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)