Mine detail: Spar Valley

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Location: Hudspeth County, Texas, United States, North America
Lat / long: 30.93824, -105.04802
dep_id: 10098124
mrds_id: I005026
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Fluorite
gangue: Ankerite, Calcite, Quartz
alteration: Silicification, Fluoritization, Argillization
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Finlay Limestone
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Faulting
disc_yr: 1919
References:
  • Deposit:: PRICE, J.G., HENRY, C.D., AND STANDEN, A.R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR 73, 108 P
  • Production:: PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983.
  • Reserve-Resource:: PRICE AND OTHERS, 1983; EVANS, 1946.
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