Mine detail: Zorro Deposit 1958

Previously called 'Ice Caves Prospect 1946Acme Mine 1944.'

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Location: Cibola County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.08006, -108.04924
dep_id: 10013667
mrds_id: D010084
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: LENTICULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Fissure Fault
Reporter: Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: The Zuni Mtns Are An Elongate Nw Trending Dome With A Core Of Precambrian Rocks., Ne Trending Fault
tectonic: Colorado Plateau
Year first produced: 1944
yr_lst_prd: 1944
References:
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 133-134.
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 183.
  • Deposit:: GODDARD, EN, 1966, USGS MAP I-454.
  • Production:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 131.
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