Mine detail: Eagle Mountains Fluorspar District

Previously called 'Eagle SpringLucky StrikeSpar ValleyTank CanyonSyphon CanyonOakFoxRocky Ridge'

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Location

Lat / long:

30.93351, -105.05885

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Smithsonite
Orebody form:	LINEAR, TABULAR, MANTO
Discovery year:	1919

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1942

Geology

Host rock:	Grayson Formation-Reef L.S. Member;Finlay L.S.;Bluff Mesa Formation L.S
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Rhyolite Flows, Sills, Dikes;Eagle Peak Syenite
Associated type:	Syenite,Rhyolite,Plutonic Rock
Structure:	Mexican Overthrust, Van Horn Dome, Eagle Mountain Syncline, Devil Ridge Thrust Fault

References

MRDS	W006906
DEP	10069394
Reference	{Deposit:: DENNIS, W.E., 1946, EXPLORATION OF EAGLE MOUNTAIN FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS, HUDSPETH COUNTY, TEXAS: U.S. BU MINES REP. INV. 3878, 11 P.}{Deposit:: GILLERMAN, E., 1953, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE EAGLE MOUNTAINS, TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: USGS BULL. 987, 98 P.}{Deposit:: 1943 DIREXPL U.S. BU MINES}{Deposit:: 1947 GEOLMAP E. GILLERMAN}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: GILLERMAN, E., 1953, USGS BULL. 987, 98 P.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G., Long, Keith R.