Mine detail: Philadelphia Fluorspar Deposit

Previously called 'Providence Mountain Fluorspar Dep.'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.86142, -115.58473

Resource(N)

Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Other material:	Azurite, Barite, Bornite, Calcite, Gold, Malachite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1870

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Development status:	Prospect
First production started:	1889

Geology

References

MAS	60710049
DEP	10213099
Reference	{Deposit:: CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 17, 1921, P. 343.}{Deposit:: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, TABULATED LIST,}{Deposit:: P. 147.}{Deposit:: CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-3, 1988,}{Deposit:: NO. 53, PLATE 2.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 32-84, 1984, NO. 53,}{Deposit:: APPENDIX A; PLATE 2.}
Reporter	Munts, Steven R.