Mine detail: Northern Horseshoe Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.12217, -115.68448

Resource(N)

Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Calcite, Kaolinite, Sericite
Orebody form:	LINED VUGS, IRREGULAR MASSES AND VEINLETS

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Pogonip Group
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Some Post-Ore Brecciation; Slickensides
Alteration processes:	Silicification Of The Limestone.

References

MRDS	M231868
DEP	10044448
Reference	PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 93, P. 53
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)