Mine detail: Big Nine Prospect

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Location: Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.7265, -108.93813
dep_id: 10013569
mrds_id: D009937
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Fluorite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR, LENSES
ore_ctrl: Fissure Veinlets In Granite
Reporter: Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)
hrock_type: Granite
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 72.
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 107.
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