Mine detail: Animas Mine

Location:	Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long:	32.12819, -108.77785
dep_id:	10101445
mrds_id:	D003422
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Fluorite
gangue:	Quartz
orebody_fm:	PINCH AND SWELL, LENSES
work_type:	Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl:	Fault-Fracture Structural Control.
Reporter:	Richter, D. H., Menzie, David, Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.), Bolm, Karen S.
hrock_type:	Andesite
arock_type:	Andesite
Structure:	N 20 W Trending Fault
tectonic:	Basin And Range
Year first produced:	1942
yr_lst_prd:	1953
disc_yr:	1942
discr:	W.A. Ballard
References:	Deposit:: ROTHROCK, H. E., JOHNSON, C. H., AND HAHN, A. D., 1946, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 21, 245P. Deposit:: FLEGE, R. F., 1959, GEOLOGY OF LORDSBURG QUADRANGLE, HIDALGO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 62, 36P. Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU MINES, 1978, MINERAL INVENTORY LOCATION SYSTEM, SILVER CITY MAP 1:250,000. Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIR, 8307, P 69 Deposit:: MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 17 Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA Production:: WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 69-70