Mine detail: Tip Top Prospect

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Location: Luna County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.41374, -107.72477
dep_id: 10094622
mrds_id: D010076
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: PODS
ore_ctrl: Jugs In Limestone
Reporter: Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Monzonite
tectonic: Basin And Range
disc_yr: 1943
discr: Mary B. Whitehill
References:
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 85.
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 141-142.
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