Mine detail: Grant County Fluorspar Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 32.40762, -108.41395

Resource(N)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Granite
Alteration processes:Sericitization

References

MRDSD003289
DEP10009968
Reference{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P134}{Deposit:: JOHNSTON, W. D., JR, 1928, FLUORSPAR IN NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 4, P 103-104}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU MINES, 1978, MINERAL INVENTORY LOCATION SYSTEM, SILVER CITY MAP 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1039}
ReporterLawrence,V. A., Menzie, David