Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
SecondaryBarium-Barite, Manganese
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlOre Deposition Controlled By Factors Such As Fault And Fracture Pathways For Mineralized Solutions, Impervious Shale Layers Which Trapped Ascending Solutions And Favorable Host Rocks For Replacement Processes.
Materials
GangueCalcite
Other materialsBarite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Magdalena Group;Nakaye;Red House Formation
Associated rockLatite
StructureEast-West Trending Nakaye Fault And Other Parallel Faults Cut The Nakaye Mountain Horst Block. Smaller Cross Faults Trend From Northwest To Northeast. Sizable Bodies Of Jasperoid, Both Discordant And Concordant, Occur Within The Nakaye Formation.
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1920
Last production1952
Identification
Deposit ID10072168
MRDS IDW016595
Alternate namesNakaye No 3, Nakaye No 4, Nakaye No 7, Principal Claims: Nakaye No 1, Nakaye No 2, Nakaye No 9, Alamo No 1, Alamo No 2, Alamo No 3, Cuesta Mala, Nakaye No 5, Alamo Mine: Nakaye Group 1918, Alamo Group 1930
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.82206, -107.24337
References
JOHNSTON, W.D., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P50TALMAGE, S.B. AND, WOOTTON, T.P., 1937 NMBMMR BULL 12, P79WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC8307, P112MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEMOIR 34, P44MCANULTY, 1978, P. 43, P. 46.MCANULTY, 1978.