Mine detail: Eagle Nest Prospect

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Location: Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.20842, -105.73805
dep_id: 10013644
mrds_id: D010053
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Minor mineral: Barium-Barite
Trace mineral: REE
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite, Bastnasite, Fluorite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
ore_ctrl: Brecciated Fault Within A Favorble Sandstone Host Rock.
Reporter: Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)
hrock_unit: Yeso;Abo
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_type: Syenite,Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Dome Structure Caused By A Syenitic Laccolith., A Nw Trending Fault Which Brings Permian Yeso And Permian? Abo Formations In Contact.
tectonic: Basin And Range
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1946
discr: Continental Engineering Co.; Carizozo, Nm.
References:
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 79.
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 116.
  • Deposit:: SOULE, JH, 1946, USBM RI 3854, P. 10.
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