American Fluorspar Group

The American Fluorspar Group is a fluorine-fluorite, barium-barite, and lead mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,249 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: American Fluorspar Group

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Lead

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: San Andres Mountains District

Land Status

Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: American Fluorspar Co.
Home Office: Truth Or Consequences, N.M.
Years: 1966 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Main Fault Strikes N30w And Dips 85ne, Smaller Faults Are Nearly Parallel To Main Fault.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE FROM DUMP ASSAYED 34.3% CAF2
Analytical Data: 7.6% CACO3
Analytical Data: 32.5% SIO2
Analytical Data: 20.1% BASO4

Materials

Ore: Barite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1948 CONSISTED OF ONE ADIT 20 FT. IN LENGTH AND A SMALL TRENCH.

Comment (Geology): FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS DISTRICT.

Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE WHITE SANDS MISSLE RANGE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): CLAIMS ARE LOCATED ON THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS IN SULPHUR CANYON SOUTH AND WEST OF THE FRANK CROCKETT RANCH HOUSE.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS CONSIST OF VEINS AND LENSES OCCURRING ALONG FAULTS AND FRACTURES. BROKEN AND MINERALIZED ZONES ALONG THE FAULTS RANGE FROM 10 FT. TO 30 FT. WIDE AT THE SURFACE. 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM F.E. WILLIAMS, 1966 P.118

References

Reference (Deposit): KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., 1955 NMGS 6TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 136-145

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P.117-118

Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEMOIR 34, P. 19

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