Mine detail: Devils Canyon Prospect

Previously called 'Devils Canyon Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.25736, -106.53445

Resource(N)

Primary:	Barium-Barite
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Barite, Fluorite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, CIGAR SHAPED

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1932
Last production ended:	1934

Geology

Host rock:	El Paso Group
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Organ Needle Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Mcanulty (1978) Indicates That The Devils Canyon Prospect Lies Within The Resurgent Organ Mtn. Caldera.
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	D009001
DEP	10012962
Reference	{Deposit:: DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 242}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 14}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 25}{Deposit:: MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 16}{Deposit:: SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 89, SHEET 1}
Reporter	Menzie, David, Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)