Mine detail: Double Strike Prospects

Previously called 'Valley Spar Prospect: Rocky Trail Prospect: ClaimsValley Spar Nos. 1 and 2 Located In 1918.'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.41873, -108.38756

Resource(B)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Gold
Ore: Fluorite, Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: LENSES
Discovery year: 1918

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Granite
Associated rock:Burro Mountain Granite
Associated type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:N Trending Faults
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSD003291
DEP10009970
Reference{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL.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, P133}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU MINES, 1978, MINERAL INVENTORY LOCATION SYSTEM, SILVER CITY MAP 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1952 USGS BULL 973-F, P. 283}{Deposit:: ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 78}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 53}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1039}{Production:: ROTHROCK, ET AL, 1946, P. 78, REPORTED THE DEPOSIT WAS DEVELOPED FOR GOLD BUT A SMALL AMOUNT OF FLUORSPAR WAS SOLD DURING THE EARLY 194*.}
ReporterLawrence,V.A., Menzie, David, Worl, Ronald G.