Mine detail: Nakaye Mine

Previously called 'Nakaye No 3Nakaye No 4Nakaye No 7Alamo Mine: Nakaye Group 1918Alamo Group 1930Principal Claims: Nakaye No 1Nakaye No 2Nakaye No 9Alamo No 1Alamo No 2Alamo No 3Cuesta MalaNakaye No 5'

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Location

Lat / long:

32.82206, -107.24337

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary:	Barium-Barite, Manganese
Gangue:	Calcite
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL
Other material:	Barite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1920
Last production ended:	1952

Geology

Host rock:	Magdalena Group;Nakaye;Red House Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated 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.
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	W016595
DEP	10072168
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Orris, Greta J., Weeks, Robert, Menzie, David