Mine detail: Lone Star Prospect

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Location: Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.26845, -108.74869
dep_id: 10010023
mrds_id: D003370
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL, LENTICULAR PODS
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Richter, D. H., Menzie, David, Worl, Ronald G.
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_type: Diorite
tectonic: Basin And Range
yr_lst_prd: 1946
References:
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, H. E., JOHNSON, C. H., AND HAHN, A. D., 1946, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 21, P 104-108
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU MINES, 1978, MINERAL INVENTORY LOCATION SYSTEM, SILVER CITY MAP 1:250,000.
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 73
  • Deposit:: THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151
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