Mine detail: Juniper Deposit

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Location: Cibola County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.05562, -108.02674
dep_id: 10013669
mrds_id: D010086
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Barite, Fluorite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Fissure Faults
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., Ene Trending Faults Near Major North To Nw Trending Faults.
tectonic: Colorado Plateau
Year first produced: 1945
yr_lst_prd: 1945
discr: James Mallery
References:
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 133-134.
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 186.
  • Deposit:: GODDARD, EN, 1966, USGS MAP I-454.
  • Production:: ROTHROCK, HE, 1946, P. 186
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