Description
Hubert And Vera Welch
Commodities
TertiaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formAS COATINGS AND CEMENT IN THE BRECCIA
Ore controlAlong The Contact Of The Limestone And The Rhyolite Dike; Along A Thrust Fault At The Base Of A Tabular Mass Of Jasperized Limestone.
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueKaolinite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockQuartz Latite
AlterationSilicification And Brecciation Of The Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1953
Identification
Deposit ID10044453
MRDS IDM231873
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.13467, -115.67698
References
SAINSBURY, C.L. AND KLEINHAMPL, F.J., 1969, FLUORITE DEPOSITS OF THE QUINN CANYON RANGE: USGS BULL. 1272-C, P. 15PAPKE, K.G., 1979, FLUORSPAR IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 93, P. 52KRAL,V.E. (1951) NBMG BULL 50