Mine detail: Section 15 Prospect

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Location: Cibola County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.01673, -107.98618
dep_id: 10013673
mrds_id: D010090
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Fluorite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
ore_ctrl: Brecciated 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., Ene Trending Fault At The North End Of A Major Nw Trending Fault.
tectonic: Colorado Plateau
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1946
References:
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 136.
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 186-187.
  • Deposit:: GODDARD, EN, 1966, USGS MAP I-454.
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