Mine detail: Continental Fluorspar Prospect

Previously called 'ClaimsContinental Nos. 1 To 3: Spar Valley ProspectSignal Peak No. 4 Prospect'

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Location: Grant County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.36234, -108.37312
dep_id: 10010045
mrds_id: D003404
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Fluorite, Gold
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Silicification
ore_ctrl: Vein Along N Trending Fault
Reporter: Menzie, David, Worl, Ronald G., Lawrence, V. A.
hrock_type: Granite
tectonic: Basin And Range
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1945
yr_lst_prd: 1952
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  • Deposit:: HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL.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, P 133-134
  • Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1952, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF BURRO MOUNTAINS AND VICINITY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 973-F, P 262, 281-282
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIR, 8307, P.52 // 5) 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-1033
  • Production:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 52.
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