Fluorite Basin prospect (Mercury; Little Red Mountain; Indian and Fluorite Basin Claims), Viola Mining District, Lincoln County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Fluorite Basin prospect (Mercury; Little Red Mountain; Indian and Fluorite Basin Claims) | Prospect |
| Viola Mining District | Mining District |
| Lincoln County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 13' 4'' North , 114° 21' 12'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Caliente | 1,109 (2017) | 46.3km |
| Beaver Dam | 1,962 (2011) | 51.4km |
| Mesquite | 17,496 (2017) | 52.4km |
| Littlefield | 308 (2011) | 52.6km |
| Bunkerville | 1,303 (2011) | 53.3km |
Alteration: Silicification; Slight Kaolinization Of Volcanics
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 relatively unaltered host rock are the only components of the fluorspar.
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
Commodities: Fluorine-Fluorite Mercury
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Cinnabar Formula: HgS |
| ⓘ Fluorite Formula: CaF2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Cinnabar | 2.CD.15a | HgS |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Hg | Mercury | |
| Hg | ⓘ Cinnabar | HgS |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10095740 |
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