Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSE, LENTICULAR PODS
Ore controlNw And Ne Trending Vein Sets
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1945
Discovery year1937
Identification
Deposit ID10010032
MRDS IDD003383
Alternate namesKneyer Mines: Claims, Fluorite Nos. 1 To 12
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.25485, -108.78341
References
ROTHROCK, H. E., JOHNSON, C. H., AND HAHN, A. D., 1946, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 21, P 104-106U. S. BUREAU MINES, 1978, MINERAL INVENTORY LOCATION SYSTEM, SILVER CITY MAP 1:250,000.FLEGE, R. F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF LORDSBURG QUADRANGLE, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 62, 36P.WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 70-71THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAWILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 71.