Description
Continental Engineering Co.; Carizozo, Nm.
Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
SecondaryBarium-Barite
TertiaryREE
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlBrecciated Fault Within A Favorble Sandstone Host Rock.
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Bastnasite, Fluorite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Yeso;Abo
Associated rockSyenite,Quartz Monzonite
StructureDome Structure Caused By A Syenitic Laccolith., A Nw Trending Fault Which Brings Permian Yeso And Permian? Abo Formations In Contact.
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1946
Identification
Deposit ID10013644
MRDS IDD010053
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.20842, -105.73805
References
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 79.ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 116.SOULE, JH, 1946, USBM RI 3854, P. 10.