Mine detail: Purple Heart Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

32.76733, -108.5823

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Calcite, Jasper, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1947

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1947
Last production ended:	1958

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Associated rock:	Burro Mountain Granite
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Deposits Occur Along A Northwest Striking Fault.
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Argillization, Kaolinization

References

MRDS	D009514
DEP	10013294
Reference	{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1952 USGS BULL 973-F, P. 286-287}{Deposit:: HEWITT, C.H., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 60, P. 121}{Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-15}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 153-155}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 62-63}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Production:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966.}
Reporter	Menzie, David