Mine detail: Gonzales Prospect

Previously called 'ClaimsGonzales No.1 and 2'

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Location: Socorro County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.08009, -106.80419
dep_id: 10096417
mrds_id: W016987
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Trace mineral: Zinc, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Quartz
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Fault-Fracture Structural Control
Reporter: Weeks, Robert, Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Magdalena Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Granite
References:
  • Deposit:: ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 171-173
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 33-34
  • Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 122-124
  • Deposit:: MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 20
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