The Eureka Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,500 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,500 Feet (2,286 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 34.20139, -105.73333
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Eureka Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eureka Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Gallinas Mining District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Adele Lehman And Edna Lehman Davis
Home Office: Alhambra, Ca.
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: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Dome Structure Caused By A Syenitic Laccolith
Type: L
Description: N 70 W Trending Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A COMPOSITE SAMPLE CONTAINED 43.8% CAF2, 10.8% SIO2, 25.5% BASO4, AND 5.5% CAO.
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Galena
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE SHAFTS, AN OPEN CUT, AND A 255 FT ADIT. IN ADDITION, TRENCHES WERE DUG BY THE USBM IN 1943.
Comment (Location): IN THE CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)
Comment (Deposit): FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN ONE OF MANY LOCAL FAULTS IN QUARTZITE. BRECCIA FRAGMENTS ARE PARTIALLY CEMENTED AND REPLACED BY A FINELY GRANULAR MATRIX OF PURPLE FLUORITE, BARITE, AND CALCITE. TRENCHING DONE BY THE USBM IN 1943 DISCLOSED SIX SMALL FLUORSPAR ORE BODIES TOTALING 150 FT IN LENGTH. CHRYSOCOLLA AND TRACES OF GALENA ACCOMPANY THE FLUORSPAR.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 80.
Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 121.
Reference (Deposit): SOULE, JH, 1946, USBM R I 3854, P. 8.
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