Mine detail: Eureka Prospect

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Location: Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.20148, -105.73388
dep_id: 10013646
mrds_id: D010057
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Minor mineral: Barium-Barite
Trace mineral: Copper, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite, Chrysocolla, Fluorite, Galena
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
model: 174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
ore_ctrl: Brecciated Faults In Favorable Sandstone-Limestone Host Units.
Reporter: Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)
hrock_unit: Yeso
hrock_type: Sandstone,Limestone
arock_type: Syenite,Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Dome Structure Caused By A Syenitic Laccolith, N 70 W Trending Fault
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 80.
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 121.
  • Deposit:: SOULE, JH, 1946, USBM R I 3854, P. 8.
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