Lat / long: | 32.36763, -106.59446 |
Primary: | Fluorine-Fluorite |
Tertiary: | Barium-Barite |
Ore: | Fluorite |
Gangue: | Calcite, Quartz |
Orebody form: | TABULAR |
Other material: | Barite |
Discovery year: | 1926 |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small |
Development status: | Past Producer |
First production started: | 1933 |
Last production ended: | 1933 |
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. |
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 |