Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlNormal Fault Zone - Grandiorite Porphyry Was Most Favorable Host Rock
Materials
GangueBarite, Calcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite · Gila Conglomerate
Associated rockDiorite
StructureCooks Range Mountains To The Northeast
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1939
Last production1954
Discovery year1938
Identification
Deposit ID10069414
MRDS IDW006934
Alternate namesHoward Mine, Greenleaf Nos. 1 - 4
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.39346, -107.70727
References
GRISWOLD, G. B., 1961, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: N. MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MIN. RES. BULL. 72, P. 109 - 112ROTHROCK, H. E., JOHNSON, C. H. AND HAHN, A. D., 1946, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: N. MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MIN. RES. BULL. 21 P. 133 - 136 AND 201 - 202RUSSELL, P. L., 1947, EXPLORATION OF FLUORITE RIDGE FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. OF INVEST. 3987WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUR. OF MINES INFO CIRC. 8307 P. 89 - 91NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA1943 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, RUSSELI, P. L.1943 GEOLMAP ROTHROCK, H. E.; EARHART, R. H.; GRUNIG, J. K.ROTHROCK, H. E., 1946, FLUORSPAR RES. OF N. MEXICO; WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, E. DEP. N. MEXICO