The American Fluorspar Deposits is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,322 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,322 Feet (1,622 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 32.38944, -108.37917
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American Fluorspar Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: American Fluorspar Deposits
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: American Nos. 1 and 2
Secondary: Spar Nos. 1 and 2
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Bound Ranch District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: State Of New Mexico
Home Office: New Mexico
Owner Name: Altru Minerals
Home Office: 6005 Truchas Dr. Ne, Albuquerque, N.M. 87109
Years: 1980 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1953
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A TWO FT. CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS THE VEIN CONTAINED 47.0 % CAF2, 43.4 % SIO2, 0.45 % CACO3, AND LESS THAN 0.1 % BASO4.
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE SHAFT IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 15 AS SHOWN ON THE C BAR RANCH TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976); 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1963 EDITION
Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 50.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS VEINS AND OPEN SPACE FILLING IN BRECCIA ALONG FOUR FAULT ZONES. VEINS RANGE FROM 1.5 FT. TO 3 FT. IN WIDTH AND FLUORITIZED BRECCIAS ARE AS MUCH AS 15 FT. WIDE. TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF A 100 FT. SHAFT WITH TWO 30 FT. DRIFTS ON THE 85 FT. LEVEL AND AN 80 FT. OPEN CUT.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P132
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIR, 8307, P50
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU MINES, 1978, MINERAL INVENTORY LOCATION SYSTEM, SILVER CITY MAP 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1952 USGS BULL 973-F, P. 281-283
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1039
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
Reference (Production): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 50.
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