Mine detail: Goldspar Mine

Previously called 'Diamond Queen'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.8383, -116.63727

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Clay, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Quartz, Sericite, Stibiconite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR SMALL MASSES, VEINLETS
Discovery year:	1958

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Nopah Formation
Host type:	Dolomite
Associated type:	Plutonic Rock
Structure:	A 40 Ft Wide Fault Zone Trending N-Nw, Dipping 75-80 E.

References

MRDS	M231940
DEP	10103970
Reference	{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 93, P. 43-47}{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H.R., AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE BARE MOUNTAIN QUAD.: USGS MAP GQ - 157.}{Deposit:: KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 63.}{Production:: PAPKE, 1979, P. 45}
Reporter	Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph)