Description
Manasse And Hayner, Las Cruces, N.M.
Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone · Magdalena Group
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
StructureMcanulty (1978) Indicates That The Tortugas Mine Lies At The Western Rim Of The Resurgent Organ Mtn Caldera., The Vein Occurs In A N 07 W Striking Fault Zone; Also Faults Trending N 30 E And N 50 W
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1919
Last production1943
Discovery year1919
Identification
Deposit ID10012973
MRDS IDD009012
Alternate namesS.K. Stanland Mine, Tortugas Veins, Tortugas, Jones, Santiago: Incorrectly Called the S K Standard Mine On the Tortugas, Mountain Topographic Quadrangle: Claims, Tortugas Fluorspar Nos. 1 and 2, Fluorspar Nos. 1, 2, and 3
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.28902, -106.69613
References
JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 75-82DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 264-265ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 54-56WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 25-27KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-14MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 16, P. 23SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 88