Mine detail: Athena Prospects

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Location

Lat / long:

31.57043, -108.48894

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary:	Copper, Silver
Ore:	Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite
Gangue:	Calcite, Malachite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR MANTOS
Discovery year:	1969

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1972
Last production ended:	1975

Geology

Host rock:	Horquilla;U-Bar
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Walnut Wells Stock
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Ne Trending Winkler Anticline., Ne And Nw Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	D009940
DEP	10013572
Reference	{Deposit:: MCANULTY, WN, 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 35-37.}{Deposit:: ELLIS, RD, 1971, MS THESIS, UTEP.}
Reporter	Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)