Mine detail: Baso Four Claims 1942

Previously called 'Baso Four No. 1Baso Four No. 2Lava Gap Prospect 1925: Principal Claims'

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.40844, -106.46863
dep_id: 10011715
mrds_id: D006819
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite, Fluorite
gangue: Calcite, Clay
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Solutions Were Channeled Along Faults And Localized In Fractures.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Madera Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Monzonite
Structure: Fault Strikes N 20 E And Dips Nearly Vertically.
Year first produced: 1926
disc_yr: 1925
References:
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 121-122
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 117
  • Deposit:: MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEMOIR 34, P. 19
  • Production:: F. E. WILLIAMS, 1966 P. 117
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