Location: | Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 32.80373, -107.2692 |
dep_id: | 10011735 |
mrds_id: | D006842 |
Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Fluorine-Fluorite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Fluorite |
alteration: | Fluorite-Jasperoid Replacement Bodies. |
ore_ctrl: | Structural Control By Bedding Plane Faults, Discordant Fractures, And Breccia Zones |
Reporter: | Menzie, David |
hrock_unit: | Montoya Group;Magdalena Group |
hrock_type: | Limestone |
Structure: | Two N 30 W Striking Faults Bound The Mineralized Area And These Faults Lie Within Two Folds With N 30 W Trending Fold Axes. Intense Folding Produced Extensive Brecciation Along Bedding Planes Where Irregular Replacement Bodies Formed. |
References: |
- Deposit:: JOHNSON, W.D., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P.57-58
- Deposit:: KELLY, V.C. AND SILVER, C., 1952 UNIV OF N.M. PUB NO 4, P.199
- Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P.113
- Deposit:: MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P.47
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