Mine detail: San Cristobal Deposit

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Location: Grant County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.81261, -108.40534
dep_id: 10013588
mrds_id: D009973
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Fluorite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Faulted Contact Between Granite And Pegmatite
Reporter: Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron), Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)
hrock_type: Pegmatite,Granite
arock_type: Pegmatite,Granite
Structure: Nnw Trending Fault
tectonic: Basin And Range
Year first produced: 1953
yr_lst_prd: 1953
disc_yr: 1951
discr: Martin Tapia
References:
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 38-39
  • Production:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 38.
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