Mine detail: Parker Deposit

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.98622, -107.15615
dep_id: 10011734
mrds_id: D006841
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Calcite, Gypsum, Quartz
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Fracture-Fissure Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: San Andres Formation;Yeso Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Lone Mtn Is A Small Tilted Fault Block Within An Area Of Gently Folded Beds. The Block Dips About 30 Sw And The Folds Plunge East And Southeast.
Year first produced: 1918
yr_lst_prd: 1919
References:
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, W.D., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P.42
  • Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C. AND SILVER, C., 1952 UNIV OF N.M. PUB NO 4, P. 198-218
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 118
  • Production:: F.E. WILLIAMS, 1966 P. 118
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