Mine detail: Big Ben Prospect 1966

Previously called 'Sky High Prospect 1946'

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Location: Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.22092, -105.76028
dep_id: 10094620
mrds_id: D010054
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite, Fluorite
gangue: Calcite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES
model: 174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
ore_ctrl: North Trending Brecciated Fault Within Favorable Sandstone Host Horizon.
Reporter: Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)
hrock_unit: Yeso
hrock_type: Sandstone
arock_type: Syenite,Quartz Monzonite
Structure: Dome Structure Caused By A Syenitic Laccolith
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 77.
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 122.
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