New Mexico · Sierra County
Occurrence

South Hill Deposit 1970's

Sierra County, New Mexico, United States
Fluorine-Fluorite
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Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR TO KEEL-SHAPED
Ore controlMineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults, Replaced Favorable Rock And Filled Voids.
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Magdalena Group;Red House
Structure5 Subparallel Faults Strike N 20 E, Dip 62 To 82 Se, And Cut The Deposit.
AlterationSilicified Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1972
Identification
Deposit ID10011918
MRDS IDD007111
Alternate namesSalado
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates33.11039, -107.5056
References
MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 50-51, FIG. 23, MAP 13MCANULTY, 1978.