Mine detail: Winkler Anticline Fluorspar Deposits

Previously called 'Athena Prospects: ClaimsAthena Nos. 1 To 21Athena Group'

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Location: Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 31.64458, -108.66034
dep_id: 10013931
mrds_id: D010496
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Mineralization Localized In Brecciated Host Rock.
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Horquilla Limestone;U-Bar Formation
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Deposits Occur Along The Crest And Limbs Of The Northeast Trending Winkler Anticline.
Year first produced: 1974
yr_lst_prd: 1975
References:
  • Deposit:: ZELLER, R.A., JR., AND ALPER, A.M., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 84, P. 89, PLA TE 1
  • Deposit:: MCANULTY, W.N., SR., 1972 NMBMMR TARGET EXPLORATION REPORT E-3, 7 P AGES
  • Deposit:: MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 35-39
  • Production:: MCANULTY, 1978, P. 36.
  • Reserve-Resource:: MCANULTY, 1972, P. 6.
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