Mine detail: Malpais - Zuni Prospects

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Location: Cibola County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.05978, -108.01119
dep_id: 10013672
mrds_id: D010089
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
ore_ctrl: Brecciated Shear Zone
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 To Ne Trending Faults Near Nw Trending Major Faults.
tectonic: Colorado Plateau
References:
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 134-135.
  • Deposit:: GODDARD, EN, 1966, USGS MAP I-454.
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