Fluorspar

The many uses of Fluorspar are described at the right. The fact is that the United States is currently 100% dependent on imported Fluorspar for its domestic use. The U.S. currently imports over 500,000 tons of Fluorspar per year (mostly from China). And there are no mines currently producing Fluorspar in the United States. As of March 2009 the imported price of Fluorspar was $500 per ton.

The owners have 26 unpatented Federal mining claims in Arizona with a deposit of over 500,000 tons of Hi Grade Fluorspar. They have feasibility statement and a current NI 43-101 report. At current prices the Fluorspar reserves are $250 million.

The owners are offering a 50% joint venture in the project for %1.5 million USD or they will sell a 100% interest for $4 million USD plus a 2% NSR royalty on all Fluorspar production.

To receive more information email us

and ask about the

Hi Grade Fluorspar Project #L990

fax (208) 265 5377

Sample photos of Fluorite (also called Fluorspar) for illustration only

Fluorspar / Fluorite Uses

Deep purple cubes of fluorite with galena (gray) and calcite (white) from Illinois, USA There are three principal types of industrial use for fluorite, corresponding to different grades of purity. Metallurgical grade fluorite, the lowest of the three grades, has traditionally been used as a flux to lower the melting point of raw materials in steel production to aid the removal of impurities, and later in the production of aluminum. Ceramic (intermediate) grade fluorite is used in the manufacture of opalescent glass, enamels and cooking utensils. The highest grade, acid grade fluorite, is used to make hydrofluoric acid by decomposing the fluorite with sulfuric acid. Hydrofluoric acid is the primary feedstock for the manufacture of virtually all organic and inorganic fluorine-containing compounds, including fluoropolymers and perfluorocarbons, and is also used to etch glass. Fluorite is used instead of glass in some high performance telescopes and camera lens elements. Exposure tools for the semiconductor industry make use of fluorite optical elements for ultraviolet light at 157 nm wavelength. Fluorite has a uniquely high transparency at this wavelength. Fluorite has a very low dispersion so lenses made from it exhibit less chromatic aberration than those made of ordinary glass. In telescopes it allows crisp images of astronomical objects even at high power. Fluorite also has ornamental and lapidary uses. Canon Inc. produces synthetic fluorite crystals that are used in their more expensive telephoto lenses. Nikon has previously manufactured at least one all-fluorite element camera lens (105 mm f/4.5 UV) for the production of ultraviolet images. Fluorite objective lenses are manufactured by the larger microscope firms (Nikon, Olympus, Carl Zeiss and Leica) due to their strong hexagonal crystal structure most notable for evenly refracting light. Their transparence to ultraviolet light enables them to be used for fluorescence microscopy. The fluorite also serves to correct optical aberrations in these lenses.