Mine detail: Gratton Fluorspar Mine

Previously called 'Sadler No. 2 MineDeckart ShaftSpar Nos. 1,2, and 3 Claims'

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Location: Luna County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.41235, -107.7281
dep_id: 10013935
mrds_id: D010502
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Chert, Clay, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter: Menzie, David, Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Deposits Occur In A Brecciated Zone Along The East Side Of The Bas Alt Dike.
tectonic: Basin And Range
Year first produced: 1934
yr_lst_prd: 1951
disc_yr: 1909
discr: G.M. Sadler
References:
  • Deposit:: JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 97-99
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 139-140
  • Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 112-114
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 82-84
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
  • Deposit:: DARTON, N.H., 1916, USGS BULL. 618, P. 77-79.
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