Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLINEAR - OCCASIONALLY OFFSET BY MINOR TRANSVERSE FAULTS
Ore controlFault Control
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGranite · Lake Valley Limestone
Associated rockRhyolite,Andesite · Granite, Quartz-Microcline Pegmatite, Andesite;Porphryitic Rhyolite
StructureNormal Fault 30 M Nw. Of Main Workings Strikes West - Northwest. Northern Cooks Range Mts. White Eagle Fault Zone.
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1933
Last production1972
Discovery year1918
Identification
Deposit ID10069411
MRDS IDW006929
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates32.61262, -107.75393
References
JOHNSTON, W.D.,JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 100-103ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 98-102GILLERMAN, E., AND TRACE, R.D., 1946 USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS INVESTIGATION, PRELIMINARY REPORT 3-199, 4 PAGESSOULE, J.H., 1946 USBM RI-3903, 5 PAGESWILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 35-36MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 17, 29-30NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAGILLERMAN, E., AND TRACE, R.D., GEOLOGIC MAP APPEARS AS PLATE 11 IN ROTHROCK, H.E., 1946, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, BULLETIN 21.1945 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, SOULE, J. H.1945 GEOLMAP GILLERMAN, E. AND TRACE, R. D.MCANULTY, 1978, P.17.MCANULTY, 1978, P.30.