The Lorraine Group is a fluorine-fluorite and manganese mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,902 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese
Lat, Long: 32.85556, -107.24083
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Lorraine Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lorraine Group
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Manganese
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Larry Buckelew
Home Office: Hatch, N.M.
Years: 1978 -
Owner Name: C. R. Buckelew
Years: 1948 -
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: Green Fault Strikes N45w And Dips Northeast. Smaller Subparallel Faults Generally Strike West And Dip About 80 North.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1.1% CACO3
Analytical Data: 18.1% SIO2
Analytical Data: COMPOSITE GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED 79.5% CAF2
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1978 CONSISTED OF TWO SHORT ADITS AND ONE TRENCH.
Comment (Commodity): GENERAL ANALYTICAL DATA FROM F.E. WILLIAMS, 1966 P.112. SAMPLE IS REPRESENTATIVE OF STOCKPILED ORE.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN BOTH FISSURE VEINS AND FLUORSPAR-BEARING JASPEROID MANTOS ALONG INTENSELY FAULTED ZONES. BRECCIATED ZONES UP TO 8 FT. WIDE CONTAIN VEINS RANGING FROM 1.5 FT. TO 5 FT. WIDE. 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 120 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P.48
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 111-112
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