Mine detail: Ruby Mine

Previously called 'Hayner Mine: Claims Patented In 1943Live OakGloria'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.36763, -106.59446

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Other material:	Barite
Discovery year:	1926

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1933
Last production ended:	1933

Geology

Host rock:	Hueco Formation;Lead Camp Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Mcanulty (1978) Indicates That The Ruby Mine Lies At The North Rim Of The Resurgent Organ Mt. N. Caldera., Mineralization Fills Open Fissures In Northeast-Striking Faults.
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Chloritization And Epidotization Of The Hueco Limestone.

References

MRDS	D009049
DEP	10013002
Reference	{Deposit:: JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 83-85}{Deposit:: DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 228}{Deposit:: ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 59-61}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 22-23}{Deposit:: MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 26-29}{Deposit:: SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 88}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Deposit:: GLOVER, T.J., MS THESIS, UTEP, 1975.}
Reporter	Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.), Bolm, Karen S., Menzie, David