| Location: | Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 32.82206, -107.24337 |
| dep_id: | 10072168 |
| mrds_id: | W016595 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Fluorine-Fluorite |
| Minor mineral: | Barium-Barite, Manganese |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| gangue: | Calcite |
| other_matl: | Barite |
| orebody_fm: | PINCH AND SWELL |
| alteration: | Silicification |
| ore_ctrl: | Ore Deposition Controlled By Factors Such As Fault And Fracture Pathways For Mineralized Solutions, Impervious Shale Layers Which Trapped Ascending Solutions And Favorable Host Rocks For Replacement Processes. |
| Reporter: | Orris, Greta J., Weeks, Robert, Menzie, David |
| hrock_unit: | Magdalena Group;Nakaye;Red House Formation |
| hrock_type: | Limestone |
| arock_type: | Latite |
| Structure: | East-West Trending Nakaye Fault And Other Parallel Faults Cut The Nakaye Mountain Horst Block. Smaller Cross Faults Trend From Northwest To Northeast. Sizable Bodies Of Jasperoid, Both Discordant And Concordant, Occur Within The Nakaye Formation. |
| Year first produced: | 1920 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1952 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: JOHNSTON, W.D., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P50
- Deposit:: TALMAGE, S.B. AND, WOOTTON, T.P., 1937 NMBMMR BULL 12, P79
- Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC8307, P112
- Deposit:: MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEMOIR 34, P44
- Production:: MCANULTY, 1978, P. 43, P. 46.
- Reserve-Resource:: MCANULTY, 1978.
|