New Mexico · Sierra County
Occurrence

Red Star Group 1973

Sierra County, New Mexico, United States
Fluorine-Fluorite
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Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlStructural Control By Bedding Plane Faults, Discordant Fractures, And Breccia Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Montoya Group;Magdalena Group
StructureTwo N 30 W Striking Faults Bound The Mineralized Area And These Faults Lie Within Two Folds With N 30 W Trending Fold Axes. Intense Folding Produced Extensive Brecciation Along Bedding Planes Where Irregular Replacement Bodies Formed.
AlterationFluorite-Jasperoid Replacement Bodies.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10011735
MRDS IDD006842
Alternate namesRed Star Prospects: Principal Claims, Red Star Nos. 1 To 20: Esperanza Claims Late 1920's Were Allowed, To Lapse and Red Star Group Was Claimed In 1973 and Cover the Same, Deposits.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.80373, -107.2692
References
JOHNSON, W.D., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P.57-58KELLY, V.C. AND SILVER, C., 1952 UNIV OF N.M. PUB NO 4, P.199WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P.113MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P.47