Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formGRAYISH NODULES, GRANULAR, CRYSTAL AGGREGATES
Ore controlAlong The South Contact Of A Rhyolite Dike And Limestone. Ne-Trending Shear Zone Along Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueMontmorillonite
Geology
Host rockDolomite
Associated rockQuartz Latite
AlterationThe Dolomite Is Bleached And Partly Altered To Montmorillonite. The Quartz Latite Is Altered To Kaolinite And Minor Montmorillonite.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1949
Identification
Deposit ID10044455
MRDS IDM231875
Alternate namesSpar Groupspar, Spar No.1 Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.13578, -115.67004
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. 51-52HORTON, R.C., 1961, NBMG REPORT 1.KRAL, V.E.,1951, NBMG BULL.50.