New Mexico · Lincoln County
Past Producer

Gallinas Rare Earth Deposits

Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States
REEFluorine-FluoriteSilicaCalciumBarium-Barite
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Commodities
PrimaryREE, Fluorine-Fluorite
TertiarySilica, Calcium, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
WorkingsSurface, Underground
Materials
Other materialsAzurite, Barite, Calcite, Fluorite, Galena, Goethite, Gypsum, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyroxene
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1942
Identification
Deposit ID10150005
MRDS IDD010683
Alternate namesEagle Nest Prospect, All American Prospect, Conqueror Mine, Hoosier Girl Prospect, Red Cloud Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates34.19399, -105.73385
References
SOULE, J.H. EXPLORATION OF GALLINAS FLUORSPAR DEPOSITSLINCOLN CO. N. MEXICO U.S. BUMINES RI-3854, 1946,PP. 1-25.U.S. BUMINES, GALLINAS FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS LINCOLN CO. N.MEXICO. SUPPLEMENT TO WAR MINERALS NO. 125, AUG. 1945,PP. 1-51.ROTHROCK, H.E., R.H. EARHART, AND R.G. SMALLEY, PRELIMINARYREPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN THEGALLINAS MOUNTAINS, LINCOLN CO., NEW MEXICO. U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, JUNE 1943, PP. 1-41.PERHAC, R.M., E. WM. HEINRICH, FLUORITE-BASTNASITE DEPOSITSOF THE GALLINAS MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO AND BASTNASITEPARAGENESIS. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY VOL. 59, 1964, PP. 226-239.GRISWOLD, G.B. MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEWMEXICO. NEW MEXICO BUMINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, BULL.67, PP. 17-21.STRAAM ENGINEERS, INC. CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST ESTIMATINGSYSTEM. U.S.B.M. CONTRACT NO. J025506, PP. 47-101,151-299.