New Mexico · Cibola County
Occurrence

Betts Deposit

Cibola County, New Mexico, United States
Fluorine-Fluorite
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Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlFissure Near A Strong Nne Trending Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss
StructureThe Zuni Mtns. Are An Elongate Nw Trending Dome With Core Of Precambrian Rocks., Ene Trending Fissure Fault And A Nnw Trending Major Fault
Tectonic settingColorado Plateau
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10013698
MRDS IDD010129
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.08812, -108.03202
References
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 131.ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 184.GODDARD, EN, 1966, USGS MAP I-454.