Mine detail: Spar Mine

Previously called 'Spar GroupsparSpar No.1 Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.13578, -115.67004

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Montmorillonite
Orebody form:	GRAYISH NODULES, GRANULAR, CRYSTAL AGGREGATES
Discovery year:	1949

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Dolomite
Associated type:	Quartz Latite
Alteration processes:	The Dolomite Is Bleached And Partly Altered To Montmorillonite. The Quartz Latite Is Altered To Kaolinite And Minor Montmorillonite.

References

MRDS	M231875
DEP	10044455
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. 51-52}{Deposit:: HORTON, R.C., 1961, NBMG REPORT 1.}{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E.,1951, NBMG BULL.50.}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)