Mine detail: Mirabel Mine 1946

Previously called 'Carnation-Columbine Prospect 1928'

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Location

Lat / long:

35.20145, -108.1423

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite, Fluorite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1918

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1940
Last production ended:	1952

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss,Granite
Structure:	The Zuni Mtns Are An Elongate Nw Trending Dome With A Core Of Precambrian Rocks., Ene To Ese Trending Fissures Near Major Nw To Nnw Trending Faults.
Tectonic:	Colorado Plateau

References

MRDS	D010092
DEP	10013675
Reference	{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, 127-130.}{Deposit:: ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 179-183.}{Deposit:: JOHNSTON, WD, 1928, NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 116-117.}{Deposit:: GODDARD, EN, 1966, USGS MAP I-454.}{Production:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 127.}
Reporter	Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)