Mine detail: Lookout Deposit

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Location: Luna County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.57651, -107.73532
dep_id: 10013657
mrds_id: D010071
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Fractures Allowed Mineralizing Fluids To Reach A Favorable Limestone Unit.
Reporter: Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Nw Trending Fractures And Bedding
tectonic: Basin And Range
Year first produced: 1944
yr_lst_prd: 1949
disc_yr: 1938
discr: T.N. Bond And Associates
References:
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 92.
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 126.
  • Production:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 92.
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