Snow Squall Mine, Farrell Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Snow Squall Mine | Prospect |
| Farrell Mining District | Mining District |
| Pershing County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 30' 27'' North , 118° 44' 17'' West
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Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Far Claims; NBMG Sample Site 1490
Deposit: Twin workings on south slope of hill; lower adit driven north into hill exposes crushed, horizontal flow contact at portal. Rock heavy with mno and Fe ox. Rock on dumps is Fe-oxide stained altered andesite, some fluorite-bearing quartz vein material. Upper workings are a vertical shaft collared in pink flaggy rhyolite flow. Rock on dump friable, Fe-oxide stained rhyolite with fluorite-quartz vein material. Fluorite present As clots, subhedral mammillary fracture fillings and in vugs. Some white chalcedonic quartz present. Sample 1490 taken from high-grade pile by shaft. In small pit downslope from sample site, a N 40 w, 60 s W shear zone is exposed. Black altered hornfels on hanging wall, green and colorless fluorite present in shear zone with Fe-ox; zone 0.5-1.00 ft wide, 2 inches of fluorite near footwall. In pit about 20 ft to the east, white-tan kaolinized dike is exposed, dike very fine-grained, mainly quartz (could be phoylite) lies in the footwall of the fluorite rich zone.
Deposit type: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Development: Fresh dozer work; rotary drill rig on property
Geology: Name snow squall taken from claim map in shamberger
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3 valid minerals.
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| Group 1 - Elements | |||
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| ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
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| O | Oxygen | |
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| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
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