Mine detail: Gratton Fluorspar Mine

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

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Location

Lat / long:

32.41235, -107.7281

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Chert, Clay, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1909

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1934
Last production ended:	1951

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Deposits Occur In A Brecciated Zone Along The East Side Of The Bas Alt Dike.
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	D010502
DEP	10013935
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Menzie, David, Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)