Mine detail: Big Ben Prospect 1966

Previously called 'Sky High Prospect 1946'

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Location

Lat / long:

34.22092, -105.76028

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite, Fluorite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Yeso
Host type:	Sandstone
Associated type:	Syenite,Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Dome Structure Caused By A Syenitic Laccolith
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	D010054
DEP	10094620
Reference	{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 77.}{Deposit:: ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 122.}
Reporter	Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)