Mine detail: Mohawk Fluorspar Mine

Previously called 'Bitter Creek Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.88955, -108.98897

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1940
Last production ended:	1972

Geology

Host type:	Dacite
Associated type:	Dacite
Structure:	Deposits Occur Along The Northwest Striking East Camp Fault.
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	D009493
DEP	10013277
Reference	{Deposit:: ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P.79}{Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-15}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 194}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 60-61}{Deposit:: GRIGGS, R.L., AND WAGNER, H.C., 1966 USGS BULL 1222-E, 29 PAGES}{Deposit:: MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 33}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Production:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 61 AND MCANULTY, W.N., 1978, P. 33.}
Reporter	Menzie, David, Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.), Bolm, Karen S.