Mine detail: Grant County Fluorspar Prospect

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Location: Grant County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.40762, -108.41395
dep_id: 10009968
mrds_id: D003289
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: Sericitization
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Stuctural Control.
Reporter: Lawrence,V. A., Menzie, David
hrock_type: Granite
References:
  • Deposit:: HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL.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
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