Nevada · Nye County
Producer

Higrade Group

Nye County, Nevada, United States
Fluorine-Fluorite
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Description

Sainbury And R.J. Claus

Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlNear The Contact Of A The Basal Tuffaceous Conglomerate In A Thrust Plate Of Limestone. Near Ne-Trending Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Pogonip Group
Associated rockConglomerate
AlterationSilicification Of Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1957
Identification
Deposit ID10044444
MRDS IDM231863
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.12412, -115.68031
References
SAINSBURY, CL AND KLEINHAMPL, FJ, 1969, FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF THE QUINN CANYON RANGE: USGS BULL. 1272-C, P. 16-17