Nevada · Nye County
Past Producer

Union Canyon Mine

Nye County, Nevada, United States
Fluorine-Fluorite
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Description

Cyril J. Smith And Lawrence Murray

Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formNODULAR MASSES, BROKEN VEINLETS, VEINS
Ore controlBrecciated And Altered Rock.Ne-Trending Fault Zone Paralleling West Union Canyon
Materials
GangueCalcite, Montmorillonite, Pyrophyllite, Sericite
Geology
Host rockSiltstone,Conglomerate · Luning Formation;Grantsville
StructureTwo Parallel Faults 100 Ft Apart Trending North To Northwest, Dipping 60-70 W.
AlterationArgillization And Silicification.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1952
Identification
Deposit ID10044432
MRDS IDM231850
Alternate namesSea Bee Mineshoshone Calim Group ?
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.87159, -117.59955
References
PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL., BULL. 93, P. 35.HORTON,R.C.,1961, NBMG REPORT 1.PAPKE, 1979, P. 35.