Tennessee Mine

Dona Ana County, New Mexico, United States

Fluorine-Fluorite Lead Zinc

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Commodities

PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite

TertiaryLead, Zinc

Commodity typeB

Deposit

Deposit sizeSmall

WorkingsSurface/Underground

Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL

Ore controlMineralization Localized Along The Contact Between Granite And A Northeast-Striking Diorite Dike.

Materials

Ore mineralsFluorite, Galena, Sphalerite

GangueQuartz

Geology

Host rockDiorite

Associated rockDiorite

StructureNw Trending Faulted Contact

Tectonic settingBasin And Range

AlterationSilicification

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

First production1942

Last production1949

Description

Frank Leach, Las Cruces, Nm

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References

ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 56-58WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 24MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 16SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, SHEET 1NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAWILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, USBM IC-8307, P. 24.

Identification

Deposit ID10012969

MRDS IDD009010

Alternate namesClaims, Tennessee Group, Tennessee Nos. 1 To 8

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates32.45541, -106.4925