Mine detail: All American Fluorspar Mine

Previously called 'All American Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.21342, -105.75862

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary:	REE, Copper
Ore:	Bastnaesite, Fluorite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1942

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1949
Last production ended:	1951

Geology

Host rock:	Yeso Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Associated type:	Trachyte

References

MRDS	D010677
DEP	10014060
Reference	{Deposit:: ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 113}{Deposit:: SOULE, J.H., 1946 USBM RI-3854, 25 PAGES}{Deposit:: GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 68, PLATE 8}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 77}{Deposit:: PERHAC, R.M., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 95, P. 35-45, PLATE 1}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}
Reporter	Menzie, David