Nevada · Pershing County
Past Producer

Needle Peak Mine

Pershing County, Nevada, United States
Fluorine-Fluorite
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Description

M. Allard And T. Jo

Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlShear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockRhyolite
StructureShear Zone, Fault
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1951
Discovery year1950
Identification
Deposit ID10042642
MRDS IDM060506
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.31546, -117.50706
References
PAPKE, 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 93HORTON, 1961, AN INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA; NBMG REPORT 1JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 89GARSIDE, L. J., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICTNBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3PAPKE, K. 1979.