Mine detail: Capulin Peak Prospect

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Location: Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.22034, -106.40947
dep_id: 10094593
mrds_id: D009818
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Minor mineral: Barium-Barite, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite, Fluorite, Galena
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Brecciated And Open Fissure Provided Channelway To Favorable Limestone Unit.
Reporter: Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)
hrock_unit: Madera
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: N 30 W Trending Fault Fissure
tectonic: Basin And Range
disc_yr: 1925
discr: Nicholas E. Gutierez, La Madera, Nm.
References:
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 10.
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 39-40.
  • Deposit:: JOHNSTON, WD, 1928, NMBMMR BULL, P. 118-119.
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