Mine detail: Tortugas Mine

Previously called 'S.K. Stanland Mine, Tortugas Veins, TortugasJonesSantiago: Incorrectly Called the S K Standard Mine On the TortugasMountain Topographic Quadrangle: ClaimsTortugas Fluorspar Nos. 1 and 2Fluorspar Nos. 1, 2, and 3'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.28902, -106.69613

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1919

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1919
Last production ended:	1943

Geology

Host rock:	Magdalena Group
Host type:	Shale,Limestone
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Mcanulty (1978) Indicates That The Tortugas Mine Lies At The Western Rim Of The Resurgent Organ Mtn Caldera., The Vein Occurs In A N 07 W Striking Fault Zone; Also Faults Trending N 30 E And N 50 W
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	D009012
DEP	10012973
Reference	{Deposit:: JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 75-82}{Deposit:: DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 264-265}{Deposit:: ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 54-56}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 25-27}{Deposit:: KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-14}{Deposit:: MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 16, P. 23}{Deposit:: SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 88}
Reporter	Menzie, David, Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.), Bolm, Karen S.