Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model238: Manto fluorite
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlVein Along Fault Striking N80e, Dipping 70s
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Limestone · Bluff Formation (Main Workings);Prospects Also In Permian Hueco Limestone And Cretaceous Yucca Formation
Associated rockRhyolite
AlterationFluoritization Of Limestone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1943
First production1943
Last production1943
Identification
Deposit ID10085683
MRDS IDW701313
Alternate namesIncludes Eagle Spring 3 and 4 Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates30.99601, -105.09858
References
PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P.UNIV TEX PUB 4301, P. 227-238.USGS BULL 987, 98 P.EXAMINED BY H.E. ROTHROCK AND ELLIOT GILLERMAN BETWEEN 1943 AND 1946.FIELD WORK BY TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1943-1945.CIMRIPRICE AND OTHERS, 1983, P. 81