Mine detail: White Bluff Prospect

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Location: Luna County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.99042, -107.75754
dep_id: 10013679
mrds_id: D010101
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PODS, LENSES
alteration: Silicification
ore_ctrl: Brecciated Faults In Favorable Horizons, Particularly Where Rocks Are Jasperized
Reporter: Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)
hrock_unit: Lake Valley Limestone
hrock_type: Shale,Limestone
Structure: Nw Trending Basin And Range Fault, Nw Trending Fault
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • MCANULTY, WN, 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 41
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