The Buckhorn Prospect is a copper and fluorine-fluorite mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,799 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 34.21111, -105.73194
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Buckhorn Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckhorn Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Dome Structure Caused By A Syenitic Laccolith.
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ALL DATA FOR THE DEPOSIT ARE TAKEN FROM A GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE AREA PUBLISHED BY ROTHROCK (1946).
Comment (Location): IN THE CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)
References
Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, PLATE 12
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