Mine detail: Capulin Peak Mine

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Location: Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.22006, -106.41308
dep_id: 10014463
mrds_id: D011251
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite, Fluorite
gangue: Calcite, Galena, Quartz
orebody_fm: LINEAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: The Lagunita Fault
Reporter: Murray, Diane
hrock_unit: Madera
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Sandia Uplift, The Lagunita Fault
tectonic: Sandia Uplift - East Side Faults
disc_yr: 1925
discr: Nicholas E. Gutierez, La Madera, Nm (1925)
References:
  • Deposit:: KELLEY, V.C. AND S.A. NORTHROP, 1975, NMBMMR MEM 29, P. 77 81-82, 101 AND MAPS 1-4
  • Deposit:: ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 29
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, USBM IC 8307, P. 10
  • Deposit:: USBM CONFIDENTIAL FILE DATA
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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