Mine detail: Whitehill Prospect

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Location: Luna County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.41069, -107.72727
dep_id: 10013662
mrds_id: D010077
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Fluorite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Sheared Zone Within And Along A Basalt Dike Cutting Monzonite Porphyry
Reporter: Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)
hrock_type: Monzonite,Basalt
arock_type: Monzonite,Basalt
Structure: Nnw Trending Shear Zone
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 85.
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 140.
  • Production:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 85.
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