Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL, LENSES
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsFluorite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite
StructureN 20 W Trending Fault
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1942
Last production1953
Discovery year1942
Identification
Deposit ID10101445
MRDS IDD003422
Alternate namesDoubtful Mine: Claims In 1950's, Doubtful Nos. 1 and 2
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates32.12819, -108.77785
References
ROTHROCK, H. E., JOHNSON, C. H., AND HAHN, A. D., 1946, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 21, 245P.FLEGE, R. F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF LORDSBURG QUADRANGLE, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 62, 36P.U.S. BUREAU MINES, 1978, MINERAL INVENTORY LOCATION SYSTEM, SILVER CITY MAP 1:250,000.WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIR, 8307, P 69MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 17NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAWILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 69-70