New Mexico · Dona Ana County
Past Producer

Ruby Mine

Dona Ana County, New Mexico, United States
Fluorine-FluoriteBarium-Barite
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Description

Frank M. Hayner

Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
TertiaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control; Limestone Horizons
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Other materialsBarite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Hueco Formation;Lead Camp Limestone
Associated rockAndesite
StructureMcanulty (1978) Indicates That The Ruby Mine Lies At The North Rim Of The Resurgent Organ Mt. N. Caldera., Mineralization Fills Open Fissures In Northeast-Striking Faults.
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationChloritization And Epidotization Of The Hueco Limestone.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1933
Last production1933
Discovery year1926
Identification
Deposit ID10013002
MRDS IDD009049
Alternate namesHayner Mine: Claims Patented In 1943, Live Oak, Gloria
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.36763, -106.59446
References
JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 83-85DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 228ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 59-61WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 22-23MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 26-29SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 88NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAGLOVER, T.J., MS THESIS, UTEP, 1975.