Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR, PODS, TABULAR
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueMalachite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSandstone
Associated rockGranite · Burro Mountain Granite
StructureDeposits Occupy A Northwest Trending Shear Zone About 3500 Ft. Long. The Zone Is Terminated To The Southeast By A Major Bounding Fault And Dies Out To The Northwest, Giving Way To An Aplite Dike. Tertiary Rhyolite And Andesite Dikes Are Numerous In The General Area, But None Are Found In The Mineralized Zone..
AlterationArgillization And Silicification.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1911-1914, 1918-1921, 1939-1941, 1945
First production1911
Last production1945
Discovery year1911
Identification
Deposit ID10013302
MRDS IDD009524
Alternate namesGreat Eagle Group, Old Glory Group, Claims, Great Eagle, Spar Mine No.2, Old Glory Nos. 1 To 6: Old Glory Group Patented In 1928, Mccauley Zone
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates32.7265, -108.67619
References
LADOO, R.B., 1927 USBM BULL 244, P. 129JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 105-109ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 76-78HEWITT, C.H., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 60, P. 117-119GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 161-163WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 29-31MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 31-32HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1263NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAGILLERMAN, E., 1952, USGS BULL 973-F.WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 31.MCANULTY, W.N., 1978, P. 31.