Mine detail: Fluorspar Group Prospect

Previously called 'Fluorspar Lode Nos. 1 To 3 Claims.'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.86853, -117.5765

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	SMALL IRREGULAR VUGGY MASSES, VEINLETS
Discovery year:	1952

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Luning Formation;Grantsville
Host type:	Conglomerate
Structure:	East-West Fault; North-South Fault.
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M231840
DEP	10098596
Reference	{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL., BULL. 93, P. 37}{Deposit:: HORTON, R.C., 1961, NBMG REPORT 1.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)