Mine detail: Cottonwood Canyon Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

32.84789, -108.43034

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Calcite, Clay, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Fierro
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Fault Trending N 75 W
Tectonic:	Basin And Range
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	D009974
DEP	10097863
Reference	{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 37-38.}{Deposit:: JOHNSTON, WD, 1928, NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 110-112.}{Deposit:: TALMAGE, S.B., AND WOOTTON, T.P., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. 12, P. 77.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MILS, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK, 1978A.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MAS, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK, 1979.}{Production:: WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 38.}
Reporter	Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron), Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.)