Mine detail: Nyco Mine

Previously called '1976-Don W. TerrellStarle W. TerrellSolan C. Terrell'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.07801, -115.77059

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Kaolinite
Orebody form:	FISSURE FILLING, LENSES, VEINLETS, VUGGY MASSES
Discovery year:	1950

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Latite
Structure:	The Tuff Gently Dips Sw. Normal Faults Cutting The Veins Dip Moderately Northwest.
Alteration processes:	The Wall Rocks Are Moderately To Intensely Altered To Clay. Bleaching; Silicification, Pyritization

References

MRDS	M231869
DEP	10044449
Reference	{Deposit:: SAINSBURY, CL AND KLEINHAMPL, FJ, 1969, FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF THE QUINN CANYON RANGE: USGS BULL. 1272-C, P. 17-18}{Deposit:: PAPKE, KG, 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEV.: NBMG BULL. 93, P. 55}{Deposit:: KRAL,V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50}{Deposit:: HORTON,R.C., 1961, NBMG REPORT 1}{Production:: PAPKE, 1979, P. 55}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)