Description
Houston Howard And G. Beruatto
Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
SecondaryCopper, Molybdenum
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Materials
GangueIron, Montmorillonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
AlterationQuartz Monzonite Adjacent To Veins Is Partly Altered To Montmorillonite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1940
Identification
Deposit ID10046628
MRDS IDM241818
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.16104, -117.95622
References
HORTON, R.C., 1961, AN INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: N.B.M.G. REPORT/.PAPKE, K.G., 1979, NBMG BUU 93, P. 19-20.SILBERMAN, M.L., BONHAM, H.F., JR., AND OSBORNE, D.H., 1975, NEW K-AR AGES OF VOLCANIC AND PLUTONIC ROCKS AND ORE DEPOSITS IN WESTERN NEVADA: ISOCHRON/WEST, NO. 13, P.13-21.USBM, 1978, MILS DATA