Mine detail: Continental Fluorspar Prospect

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

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Location

Lat / long: 32.36234, -108.37312

Resource(N)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Fluorite, Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR, PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1945
Last production ended: 1952

Geology

Host type:Granite
Tectonic:Basin And Range
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSD003404
DEP10010045
Reference{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL.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, 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.}
ReporterMenzie, David, Worl, Ronald G., Lawrence, V. A.