The Langford Fluorspar Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 32.36, -108.44083
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Langford Fluorspar Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Langford Fluorspar Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Bound Ranch District: Langford Draw Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: State Of New Mexico
Home Office: New Mexico
Owner Name: Charles Russell
Home Office: Tyrone, N.M.
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1034
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURS AS VEINLETS, INCRUSTATIONS AND OPEN SPACE FILLING IN A 5 FT. THICK BRECCIA ZONE ALONG A NORTHWEST STRIKING FAULT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A FEW SMALL PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Deposit): PRODUCTION PROBABLY LESS THAN 5 SHORT TONS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
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, P 132
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T. G., 1956, RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 1009-L, P 353-354
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1952 USGS BULL 973-F, P. 285
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1034
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU MINES, 1978, MINERAL INVENTORY LOCATION SYSTEM, SILVER CITY MAP 1:250,000.
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