Mine detail: Great Eagle Fluorspar Mine

Previously called 'Great Eagle GroupOld Glory GroupClaims, Great EagleSpar Mine No.2Old Glory Nos. 1 To 6: Old Glory Group Patented In 1928Mccauley Zone'

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Location

Lat / long: 32.7265, -108.67619

Resource(N)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Malachite, Pyrite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, PODS, TABULAR
Discovery year: 1911

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1911-1914, 1918-1921, 1939-1941, 1945
First production started: 1911
Last production ended: 1945

Geology

Host type:Sandstone
Associated rock:Burro Mountain Granite
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Deposits Occupy A Northwest Trending Shear Zone About 3500 Ft. Long. The Zone Is Terminated To The Southeast By A Major Bounding Fault And Dies Out To The Northwest, Giving Way To An Aplite Dike. Tertiary Rhyolite And Andesite Dikes Are Numerous In The General Area, But None Are Found In The Mineralized Zone..
Alteration processes:Argillization And Silicification.

References

MRDSD009524
DEP10013302
Reference{Deposit:: LADOO, R.B., 1927 USBM BULL 244, P. 129}{Deposit:: JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 105-109}{Deposit:: ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 76-78}{Deposit:: HEWITT, C.H., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 60, P. 117-119}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 161-163}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 29-31}{Deposit:: MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 31-32}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1980 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1263}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1952, USGS BULL 973-F.}{Production:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 31.}{Reserve-Resource:: MCANULTY, W.N., 1978, P. 31.}
ReporterMenzie, David, Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.), Orris, Greta J.