New Mexico · Hidalgo County
Past Producer
Athena Prospects
Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States
Fluorine-Fluorite
Copper
Silver
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Description
Fred C. Leach
Commodities
Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary
Copper, Silver
Commodity type
B
Deposit
Deposit size
S
Orebody form
IRREGULAR MANTOS
Ore control
Brecciated Jasperoid Replacement Mantos Along Faults And Bedding Planes In Limestone
Materials
Ore minerals
Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite
Gangue
Calcite, Malachite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Limestone · Horquilla;U-Bar
Associated rock
Quartz Monzonite · Walnut Wells Stock
Structure
Ne Trending Winkler Anticline., Ne And Nw Trending Faults
Tectonic setting
Basin And Range
Alteration
Silicification
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
First production
1972
Last production
1975
Discovery year
1969
Identification
Deposit ID
10013572
MRDS ID
D009940
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
31.57043, -108.48894
References
MCANULTY, WN, 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 35-37.ELLIS, RD, 1971, MS THESIS, UTEP.