Mine detail: Mccory Prospects

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Location

Lat / long: 33.64204, -105.42971

Resource(M)

Primary: Thorium
Ore: Allanite, Fluorite
Orebody form: BRECCIA VEIN
Other material: Quartz, Tourmaline
Discovery year: 1952

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Structure:Rio Grande Rift, Capitan Laccolith
Alteration processes:Alaskite Fragments In The Breccia Have Been Kaolinized. Interstices Of The Breccia Are Filled With Vuggy Quartz, Tourmaline, And Purple Fluorite.

References

MRDSDAV0037
DEP10014948
ReferenceGRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P. MCLEMORE, V.T., 1981, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 155, 267 P
ReporterSutphin, David M.