New Mexico · Dona Ana County
Occurrence

Garcia and Morris Prospect

Dona Ana County, New Mexico, United States
Fluorine-FluoriteBarium-Barite
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Description

P.M. Garcia And J.H. Morris

Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
SecondaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR, PODS
Ore controlFaults Provided Channelways For Solutions, Which Deposited Fluorite At A Limestone Horizon.
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Fluorite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone
StructureMcanulty (1978) Indkated That The Prospect Was Near The Southern Rim Of The Resurgentorgan Mtn. Caldera., N 15 E Fault
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10090925
MRDS IDD009947
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.18625, -106.59835
References
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 28-29.MCANULTY, WN, 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 16 AND 24.