The Flora Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 38.16111, -117.95528
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Flora Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Flora Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Rock Hill District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1940
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Quartz Monzonite Adjacent To Veins Is Partly Altered To Montmorillonite
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 78.300000+-2.300000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Montmorillonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 50-FT. SHAFT; 300 TO 400 FT. OF DRIFTING, SEVERAL ADITS AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW PITS
Comment (Commodity): FLUORSPAR IS VERY LIGHT GREEN TO VERY LIGHT GRAY AND IS COARSE-GRAINED
Comment (Location): ON S. PART OF AN ISOLATED MOUNTAIN AT EAST END OF THE CANDELARIA HILLS, ABOUT 1200 FT WEST OF US. HIGHWAY 95. 4 CLAIMS. UTM IS TO ONE OF SEVERAL WORKINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): MAINTAINED BY BERUATTO FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AFTER THEIR LOCATION IN 1940. THE MOUNTAIN HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY DRILLED FOR COPPER AND MOLYBDENUM
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS MINERALIZED WITH SULPHIDES AND CONTAINING CONSIDERABLE FLUORSPAR OCCUR NEAR THE SOUTH END OF THE MOUNTAIN WHERE 6-8 VEINS 1-12 FT WIDE CONTAIN IRREGULAR AREAS RICH IN FLUORSPAR
Comment (Geology): THE BEST VEIN STRIKES N70E, IS TRACEABLE FOR 400 FT ON THE WEST SIDE OF A RIDGE. THE HANGING WALL IS REGULAR AND DIPS 60N BUT THE FOOTWALLIS IRREGULAR IN PLACES CAUSING THE VEIN TO PINCH AND SWELL FROM 3-12 FTMOST OF THE VEIN IS QUARTZ WITH SPARSE FLUORITE BUT IRREGULAR MASSES OFNEARLY PURE FLUORITE ARE PRESENT, UP TO 3FT IN DIAMETER.
References
Reference (Deposit): HORTON, R.C., 1961, AN INVENTORY OF FLUORSPAR OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: N.B.M.G. REPORT/.
Reference (Deposit): PAPKE, K.G., 1979, NBMG BUU 93, P. 19-20.
Reference (Deposit): 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.
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1978, MILS DATA
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
