The Fluoride Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,459 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,459 Feet (1,664 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 32.97639, -107.23944
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Fluoride Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fluoride Prospect
Secondary: Claims: Fluoride Nos. 1 To 6
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Caballos District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Ownership
Owner Name: W. D. Tipton And Associates
Home Office: Garfield N.M.
Years: 1937 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1937
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 4.35% PB
Analytical Data: CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 34.2 % CAF2
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): CLAIMS ARE LOCATED IN GRANITE WASH ON THE WESTERN FLANK OF THE CABALLO MOUNTAINS.
Comment (Commodity): SAMPLE TAKEN ACROSS A 2 FT. VEIN; REPORTED BY F.E. WILLIAMS, 1966 P.108
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF ONE TRENCH.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS IN GRANITE-SCHIST CONTACT ZONE AND RANGES FROM A FEW INCHES TO 3 FT. IN WIDTH. 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P.108
Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P.19
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