All American Fluorspar Mine

The All American Fluorspar Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,726 feet.

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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

Name: All American Fluorspar Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Lincoln

Elevation: 7,726 Feet (2,355 Meters)

Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite

Lat, Long: 34.21333, -105.75806

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All American Fluorspar Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: All American Fluorspar Mine
Secondary: All American Mine


Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Gallinas Mountains 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

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: E. D. French
Years: 1966 -

Owner Name: Vernon Taylor And James Mallery
Home Office: Albuquerque, N.M.
Years: 1951 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1949
Year Last Production: 1951
Discovery Year: 1942
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: IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Trachyte
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1.5% CAO.
Analytical Data: 11.5% BASO4
Analytical Data: 23.2% SIO2
Analytical Data: 54.3% CAF2
Analytical Data: A COMPOSITE OF SEVEN GRAB SAMPLES CONTAINED


Materials

Ore: Bastnaesite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT.

Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 115.

Comment (Production): WILLIAMS, 1966, REPORTED A TOTAL OF 129 TONS OF FLUORSPAR ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM 1949 TO 1951.

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT OF THE MATRIX OF A BRECCIA ZONE AND AS SMALL VEINLETS IN BRECCIA FRAGMENTS. ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF AN 85 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH A 185 FT. CURVED DRIFT AT THE BOTTOM, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES.


References

Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 113

Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H., 1946 USBM RI-3854, 25 PAGES

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 68, PLATE 8

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 77

Reference (Deposit): PERHAC, R.M., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 95, P. 35-45, PLATE 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA


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