Mine detail: Bonita Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

35.06728, -108.00896

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite, Fluorite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1942

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1942
Last production ended:	1949

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Structure:	The Zuni Mtns. Are An Elongate Nw Trending Dome With A Core Of Precamrian Rocks., Ene Trending Faults Near Large North To Nw Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Colorado Plateau

References

MRDS	D010085
DEP	10013668
Reference	{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 132-133.}{Deposit:: ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 184-185.}{Deposit:: GODDARD, EN, 1966, USGS MAP I-454.}{Production:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 132.}
Reporter	Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)