Florida Fluorspar Mine

Luna County, New Mexico, United States

Fluorine-Fluorite

Land & claims · BLM · live

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Surface manager + active mining claims at this point, live from BLM. The "open to location" notes are a general 1872-Mining-Law guide, not BLM output — decision-support only; verify with BLM MLRS and on the ground before staking or entry.

Commodities

PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite

Commodity typeNonmetallic

Deposit

Deposit sizeSmall

WorkingsSurface/Underground

Orebody formIRREGULAR

Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.

Materials

Ore mineralsFluorite

GangueBarite, Calcite, Quartz

Geology

Host rockVolcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Associated rockVolcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

First production1919

Last production1951

Discovery year1918

Description

Dr. Jesse T. Duryea

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References

JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 88-91GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 131-132WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 93NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATACLEMONS, R.E., 1982 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-52

Identification

Deposit ID10013934

MRDS IDD010500

Alternate namesDuryea Claims, Spar Group: Claims Patented In 1927Spar, Spar Nos. 1 To 5

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates32.23096, -107.59003