The Fluorite Basin Group is a fluorine-fluorite and mercury mine located in Lincoln 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
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite, Mercury
Lat, Long: 37.21806, -114.35278
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Fluorite Basin Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fluorite Basin Group
Secondary: Mercury
Secondary: Little Red Mountain
Secondary: Indian and Fluorite Basin Claims
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Viola District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: N-S Vertical Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification; Slight Kaolinization Of Volcanics
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): 16 CLAIMS, STAKED CHIEFLY FOR FLUORITE IN 1973, BUT IN 1977 ONLY THE FLORITE (SIC) BASIN NO. 2 AND NO. 4 CLAIMS APPEARED TO BE MAINTAINED
Comment (Location): IN THE SW PART OF THE VIOLA DISTRICT EXTENDING EASTWARD FOR 2 MILES FROM THE AREA INDICATED AS DODGE POCKETS ON THE QUARANGLE MAP
Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS ENCOMPASS AN E-TRENDING RIDGE OF RHYOLITE AND RHYOLITE TUFF. PROSPECTS DUG WHERE THE VOLCANIC ROCKS ARE SILICIFIED, CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS AND INTENSELY COLORED BY RED IRON OXIDES MR. BRADSHAW THAT CINNABAR OCCURS CHIEFLY WITH FLUORITE, BUT SO FAR, NOT WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO MINE. IN E PART OF FLORITE BASIN NO. 2 CLAIM, A 6-FT DEEP PIT EXPOSES A POORLY-DEFINED REPLACEMENT BODY UP TO 2 FT WIDE STRIKING N-S, DIP 60 W. A TRENCH EXTENDING 15 FT WESTWARD FAILED TO FIND OTHER FLUORITE BODIES. ABOUT 200 FT SOUTH AND APPROXIMATELY ON STRIKE. A 35-FT TRENCH EXPLORED A N-S VERTICAL FAULT ZONE. IN AN 8-FT SHAFT AT THE SOUTH END OF THE TRENCH THE VOLCANIC ROCK IS PARTLY REPLACED BY FLURSPAR FOR SEVERAL FEET ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE FAULT. SMALL AMOUNTS OF FLUORSPAR ARE EXPOSED IN A FEW OTHER EXCAVATIONS ON THE CLAIMS. THE FLUORSPAR IS WHITE TO LIGHT GRAY BUT MUCH OF IT IS STAINED BY IRON OXIDES. THE MATERIAL IS FINE-GRAINED, VUGGY, AND SLIGHTLY FRIABLE. FLUORITE, CHALCEDONIC QUARTZ, AND
Comment (Deposit): RELATIVELY UNALTERED HOST ROCK ARE THE ONLY COMPONENTS OF THE FLUORSPAR.
Comment (Workings): SCATTERED SHALLOW CUTS, TRENCHES, SHORT ADITS AND SHAFTS
References
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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.
