Mine detail: Old Hickory Mine

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Location: Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.2062, -105.73611
dep_id: 10013653
mrds_id: D010066
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Minor mineral: Barium-Barite
Trace mineral: Lead, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Malachite
gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
model: 174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
ore_ctrl: Brecciated Fault Along The Contact Between Sandstone And Trachyte Dike
Reporter: Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)
hrock_unit: Yeso
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_type: Syenite,Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Dome Structure Caused By A Syenitic Laccolith
tectonic: Basin And Range
disc_yr: 1925
References:
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 76-77.
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 118-119.
  • Deposit:: SOULE, JH, 1946, USBM RI 3854, P. 7-8.
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