Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite
TertiaryREE, Molybdenum, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR, IRREGULAR
Ore controlBrecciated Faults Trending W And Nw Within A Favorable Limestone Host Rock.
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Barite, Bastnaesite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite, Pyromorphite, Wulfenite
GangueHematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Yeso
Associated rockSyenite,Quartz Monzonite,Trachyte
StructureDome Structure Caused By A Syenitic Laccolith, Two Faults Trending North And Nw
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1956
Last production1966
Identification
Deposit ID10101830
MRDS IDD010055
Alternate namesRio Tinto Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.19315, -105.73944
References
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 78.GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 66-68, PLATES 8 AND 9.PERHAC, R.M., 1970, NMBMMR BULL 95, P. 35-47, PLATE 1.NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATAWILLIAMS, 1966, P. 78.