Commodities
PrimaryThorium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model29: Alkaline complex associated zircon
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formBRECCIA VEIN
Ore controlFractures Or Shears
Materials
Ore mineralsAllanite, Fluorite
Other materialsQuartz, Tourmaline
Geology
StructureRio Grande Rift, Capitan Laccolith
AlterationAlaskite Fragments In The Breccia Have Been Kaolinized. Interstices Of The Breccia Are Filled With Vuggy Quartz, Tourmaline, And Purple Fluorite.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1952
Identification
Deposit ID10014948
MRDS IDDAV0037
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates33.64204, -105.42971
References
GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P. MCLEMORE, V.T., 1981, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 155, 267 P