Mine detail: Browns Canyon Fluorspar Area

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Location

Lat / long: 38.6431, -106.077

Resource(N)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Other material: Barite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Fluorite, Hematite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Manganite, Marcasite, Montmorillonite, Opal, Psilomelane, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1923

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1929

Geology

References

MRDSD010255
MAS80150052
DEP10214542
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