Mine detail: Rome Tuff Fluorspar Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.86047, -117.6943

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary:	Zeolites
Other material:	Calcite, Feldspar, Fluorite, Kaolinite, Montmorillonite, Quartz, Zeolite
Discovery year:	1967

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

References

MRDS	M025322
MAS	410450090
DEP	10225713
Reference	{Deposit:: OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 64, 1969, P. 270.}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 650-D, 1969, P. 69-74.}{Reserve-Resource:: SHEPPARD, R A, 1969, AUTHIGENIC FLUORINE IN PLIOCENE}{Reserve-Resource:: LACUSTRINE ROCKS NEAR ROME, MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON,}{Reserve-Resource:: USGS, PROF PAPER 650-D, PAGES D69-D74.}
Reporter	Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)