Mine detail: Greenspar Mine 1966

Previously called 'Grattan State Land Mine 1946Cox Prospect 1928'

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Location: Luna County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.41624, -107.73616
dep_id: 10013663
mrds_id: D010078
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Brecciated Shear Zone Advacent To A Basaltic Dike Cutting Monzonite Porphyry.
Reporter: Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)
hrock_type: Monzonite,Basalt
arock_type: Monzonite,Basalt
Structure: Northward Trending Shear Zone
tectonic: Basin And Range
Year first produced: 1924
yr_lst_prd: 1947
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1924
discr: S.A. Cox; Deming, Nm
References:
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 84-85.
  • Deposit:: JOHNSTON, WD, 1928, NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 100.
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 141.
  • Production:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 84.
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