Mine detail: Spar Hill Mine

Previously called 'Pine Canyon Fluorspar Prospects: ClaimsSpar HillSpar Hill Nos. 1,2 and 3, Spar Hill Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.6229, -108.47923

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSES, PODS
Discovery year:	1941

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1942
Last production ended:	1945

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite,Granite
Associated rock:	Burro Mountain Granite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Deposits Occur Along The Northeast Striking Spar Hill Fault.
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	D009533
DEP	10013310
Reference	{Deposit:: ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 74-75}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1952 USGS BULL 973-F, P. 277-278}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 66}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 66-67}{Deposit:: MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 17}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1040}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Production:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 67.}
Reporter	Menzie, David, Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)