Mine detail: Winkler Anticline Fluorspar Deposits

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

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Location

Lat / long:

31.64458, -108.66034

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1974
Last production ended:	1975

Geology

Host rock:	Horquilla Limestone;U-Bar Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Deposits Occur Along The Crest And Limbs Of The Northeast Trending Winkler Anticline.

References

MRDS	D010496
DEP	10013931
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Menzie, David