New Mexico · Grant County
Past Producer

Foster Fluorspar Mine

Grant County, New Mexico, United States
Fluorine-Fluorite
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Description

Apolinario Ogas And Pedro Carajal

Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLatite
Associated rockLatite · Brock Canyon Volcanic Complex
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1885
Last production1953
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10013288
MRDS IDD009508
Alternate namesFoster Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.039, -108.51646
References
JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 112-113ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 89-91GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 172-173WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 44-45RATTE, J.C., AND GASKILL, D.L., 1975 USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-886NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAWILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P.44.