Mine detail: Zuni No. 1 Prospect 1946

Previously called 'Mark No. 12 Prospect 1978'

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Location: Cibola County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.0195, -108.01507
dep_id: 10090929
mrds_id: D010107
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Fluorite
ore_ctrl: Fissure
Reporter: Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: The Zuni Mtns. Are An Elongate Nw Trending Dome With A Core Of Precambrian Rocks.
tectonic: Colorado Plateau
References:
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 141
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 179.
  • Deposit:: MCANULTY, WN, 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 20.
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