Lorraine Group

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

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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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