Mine detail: Fairview Prospect

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Location: Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.40121, -107.61282
dep_id: 10011906
mrds_id: D007096
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Quartz
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Magdalena Group
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Monzonite
Structure: Fault Zone Strikes N 35 W.
References:
  • Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C., 1955 GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SIERRA COUNTY REGION, N.M., NMGS SIXTH FIELD CONFERENCE GUIDEBOOK
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 114-115
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