New Mexico · Grant County
Past Producer

Watson Mountain Mine

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

Fred And Dink Chappel

Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite
Tectonic settingTectonic Setting
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1938
Last production1940
Discovery year1938
Identification
Deposit ID10013466
MRDS IDD009772
Alternate namesClaims, Watson Mountain Nos. 1 and 2
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.07038, -108.49951
References
ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 87-88GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 170-172WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 48RATTE, J.C., AND GASKILL, D.L., 1975 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-886RUSSELL, P.L., 1947 USBM RI-4020, 5 PAGESRATTE, J.C., AND OTHERS, 1979 USGS BULL 1451, P. 157-160NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAWILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 48.