Mine detail: Huckleberry Mine

Previously called 'Whitewater Prospect'

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Location: Catron County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.31704, -108.82231
dep_id: 10013491
mrds_id: D009807
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Faults, Dikes
Reporter: Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)
hrock_type: Rhyolite,Latite
arock_unit: Cooney
arock_type: Felsic Volcanic Rock
Structure: Large Nnw Trending Faults, Numerous Nw Trending Faults, Some Ne Trending Faults
tectonic: Basin And Range
Year first produced: 1934
yr_lst_prd: 1944
disc_yr: 1926
discr: Jesse Campbell
References:
  • Deposit:: MCANULTY, WN, 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 21-22.
  • Deposit:: RATTE, JC, ET AL, NMBMMR OPEN FILE REPT, 1972.
  • Deposit:: ARNOLD, R1, MS THESIS, UTEP, 1974.
  • Deposit:: SUR, FJ, 1947, NMBMMR REPT INV 4053.
  • Production:: MCANULTY, WN, 1978, P. 21.
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