Mine detail: Rainbow

Previously called 'Fluorspar Corp of AmericaHopeBruno Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.06215, -115.85588

Resource(B)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Calcium, Magnesite, Silica
Other material: Fluorite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1941

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1945

Geology

References

MAS320230200
DEP10149488
Reference{Deposit:: HORTON,R.C.1961,AN INV. FLUORSPAR OCC.IN NEV.NEV.BUR MINES}{Deposit:: BULL.65}{Deposit:: HORTON,R.C.1962,FLUORSPAR OCC.IN NEV.,NEV.BUR.OF MINES MAP 3}{Deposit:: SAINSBURY AND KLEINHAMPLE 1969,FLUORITE DEPOSITS IN QUINN}{Deposit:: CANYON RANGE USGS BULL.1272C}{Deposit:: BENSON W T,1950,WELCH FLUORSPAR PROSPECT,NYE CO.,NEV.USBM}{Deposit:: PRELIMINARY REPORT}{Deposit:: LEWIS A A,1955,INVENTORY OF NEV.FLUORSPAR;FLUORSPAR CORP.}{Deposit:: CLAIMS,PRIVATE REPORT AND SUPPLEMENT}{Deposit:: PAPKE K G,1974,1975,DATA FROM FIELD INVESTIGATION OF FLUORSP}{Deposit:: AR OCCURRENCE IN NEVADA}{Deposit:: PAPKE K G,1979,FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA,NEV.BULL.93}
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