New Mexico · Grant County
Past Producer

Last Chance Deposit

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

Clarence And Lola Simpson, And Floyd And Opal Evans

Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR, TABULAR
Ore controlBreccia Zones And Oblique Tensional Faults Within A Fault Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite
Structure150 Ft Wide Fault/Breccia Zone Trending N25w
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1943
Last production1943
Discovery year1942
Identification
Deposit ID10013581
MRDS IDD009962
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates33.07649, -108.49756
References
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 46.ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 88-89.ROTHROCK, HE, 1946, P. 89