Mine detail: Twenty - One and Twenty - Seven Fluorspar Mines

Lat / long:

34.97589, -107.98506

Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Gneissic Granite;Dikes-Monzonite, Diorite, Hornblendite Etc
Associated type:	Diorite,Hornblendite,Gneiss,Granite
Structure:	Zuni Mountains To The Northwest, Strong Northwest Trending Faults - The 21 And 27 Faults Are In Direct Contact With These Faults. The General Structure Of The District Is That Of An Elongate Dome Of Precambrian Rocks Surrounded By Gently Outward - Dipping Permian Sedimentary Rocks. Faults Partly Bound The Precambrian Area, And Near These Faults The Permian Rocks Have Been Dragged So That They Dip Steeply, And In Places Are Overturned.
Tectonic:	Colorado Plateau

MRDS	W006931
DEP	10069412
Reference	{Deposit:: ROTHROCK, H. E., JOHNSON, C. H., AND HAHN, A. D., 1946, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: N. MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MIN. RES. BULL. 21 P. 187 - 190 & 207 - 212}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIRC. 8307 P. 138 - 140}{Deposit:: GODDARD, E. N., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE ZUNI MOUNTAINS FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, VALENCIA CO., NEW MEXICO: MISC. GEOL. INVEST. MAP I-454}{Deposit:: WEISSENBORN, A. E., 1944, ORE RESERVES AT THE NAVAJO FLUORSPAR MINES NEAR GRANTS, VALENCIA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT NO. 1517}{Deposit:: GODDARD, E.N., 1952, STRUCTURAL CONTROL OF FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN THE ZUNI MOUNTAINS, VALENCIA, COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 125.}{Deposit:: 1952 GEOLMAP GODDARD, E.N}{Production:: ROTHROCK, H. E., 1946, F. RES. OF N. MEXICO. WILLIAMS F. E., 1966, F. DEP. N. MEXICO. GODDARD, E. N., 1966, GEOL. ZUNI MTNS.}{Reserve-Resource:: WEISSENBORN, A. E., 1944, ORE RESERVES AT NAVAJO F. MINES NEAR GRANTS, VALENCIA CO. N. MEXICO}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G., Menzie, David