Mine detail: Red Star Group 1973

Previously called 'Red Star Prospects: Principal ClaimsRed Star Nos. 1 To 20: Esperanza Claims Late 192* Were AllowedTo Lapse and Red Star Group Was Claimed In 1973 and Cover the SameDeposits.'

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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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