Mine detail: Huckleberry Mine

Previously called 'Whitewater Prospect'

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Location: Catron County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 33.31704, -108.8212
dep_id: 10062345
mrds_id: TC35712
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Fluorite
model: 174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
alteration: Silicification Of Fluoritization (At Least 2 Episodes)
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Cooney Formation
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Faulting
References:
  • Deposit:: MCANULTY, W.N., 1978, FLUORSPAR IN NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MEMOIR 34, P. 50-52
  • Production:: MCANULTY, 1978.
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