Flora Prospect

The Flora Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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.