Mine detail: Illinois Group

Previously called 'Universal Mine, White Star Mine, Oakland MinePrincipal ClaimsArizonaIllinoisMontanaNevadaTexasColorado'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.09289, -107.23059

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite, Fluorite, Galena
Orebody form:	LINEAR - FRACTURES OR SMALL DISPLACEMENT FAULTS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1918
Last production ended:	1953

Geology

Host rock:	Bliss S.S.-Dk. Red To Black Limy Fine-Gr., Thin-Med. Bedded S.S.;Dk. Brown Thick Bedded L.S., Qtz. Veinlets;Gray To Brown Med-Thick Bedded Dolomitic L.S.;White Coarse-Gr. Feldspathic S.S. And Pebble Cong
Host type:	Quartzite,Shale,Sandstone,Limestone,Granite
Structure:	The Sierra Caballos Is Essentially An Eroded Fault Block Of Sedimentary And Igneous Rocks That Has Been Tilted Eastward. Minor Faulting And Folding Was Locally Intense. Most Of The North - Trending Faults Have Downthrown Sides On The East And The Strata Show Drag On That Side., See Comments
Tectonic:	Basin And Range

References

MRDS	W006930
DEP	10110434
Reference	{Deposit:: ROTHROCK, H. E., JOHNSON, C. H., AND HAHN, A. D., 1946, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: N. MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 21 P. 142 - 158}{Deposit:: WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIRC. 8307 P. 94 - 102}{Deposit:: SHERIDAN, M. J., 1947, UNITED STATES FLUORSPAR CO. PROPERTY, SIERRA CO., NEW MEXICO: BU. MINES REPT. OF INV. 4017, 15 PP}{Deposit:: HARLEY, G. T., 1934, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SIERRA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 10, 220 P.}{Deposit:: ROTHROCK, H.E., 1945, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON WHITE STAR, OAKLAND, AND UNIVERSAL FLUORSPAR VEINS NEAR HOT SPRINGS, SIERRA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STRATEGIC MINERALS INVESTIGATION PRELIMINARY REPORT 3-190.}{Deposit:: 1934 GEOLMAP NEW MEX. BUREAU OF MINES, HARLEY, G. T.}{Deposit:: 1943 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU MINES}{Deposit:: 1943 GEOCHEM U.S. BUREAU MINES}{Deposit:: 1943 GEOLMAP ROTHROCK, H. F. AND SMALLEY, R. G.}{Production:: WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEP. N. MEXICO.}
Reporter	Schruben, Paul G., Menzie, David