Mine detail: Elaine Group

Previously called 'ClaimsElaine Nos. 1 To 7'

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Location: Socorro County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.14398, -106.78308
dep_id: 10012390
mrds_id: D007996
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Barium-Barite
Trace mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite, Fluorite, Galena
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Occurs In Fracture Zones Along Bedding Planes Which Dip About 25 Sw And Rest On The West Flank Of An Anticline Whose Axis Trends N 5 E.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_type: Limestone
Year first produced: 1979
yr_lst_prd: 1980
disc_yr: 1958
discr: E.H. Smallwood Of San Antonio, N.M.
References:
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 32-33
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 126
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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