Description
S.A. Cox; Deming, Nm
Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlBrecciated Shear Zone Advacent To A Basaltic Dike Cutting Monzonite Porphyry.
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockMonzonite,Basalt
Associated rockMonzonite,Basalt
StructureNorthward Trending Shear Zone
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1924
Last production1947
Discovery year1924
Identification
Deposit ID10013663
MRDS IDD010078
Alternate namesGrattan State Land Mine 1946, Cox Prospect 1928
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.41624, -107.73616
References
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 84-85.JOHNSTON, WD, 1928, NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 100.ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 141.WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 84.