Mine detail: Rocket Group

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.13467, -115.67698

Resource(N)

Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Kaolinite, Quartz
Orebody form:	AS COATINGS AND CEMENT IN THE BRECCIA
Discovery year:	1953

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Quartz Latite
Alteration processes:	Silicification And Brecciation Of The Limestone

References

MRDS	M231873
DEP	10044453
Reference	{Deposit:: SAINSBURY, C.L. AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1969, FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF THE QUINN CANYON RANGE: USGS BULL. 1272-C, P. 15}{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 93, P. 52}{Deposit:: KRAL,V.E. (1951) NBMG BULL 50}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)