Mine detail: Silver Cliff Prospect

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Location: Dona Ana County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.33735, -106.58724
dep_id: 10013576
mrds_id: D009952
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite, Fluorite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Fault
Reporter: Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Mcanulty (1978) Indicates That The Silver Cliff Prospect Lies Within The Resurgent Organ Mtn. Caldera
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • Deposit:: DUNHAM, DC, 1935, NMBMMR BULL 11.
  • Deposit:: WILLIAM, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 24-25.
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