The Mccory Prospects is a thorium mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico.
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Mccory Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mccory Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Thorium
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Capitan Mountains
Land Status
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1952
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Alkaline complex associated zircon
Orebody
Form: BRECCIA VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Capitan Laccolith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alaskite Fragments In The Breccia Have Been Kaolinized. Interstices Of The Breccia Are Filled With Vuggy Quartz, Tourmaline, And Purple Fluorite.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Allanite
Ore: Fluorite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Geology): ALASKITE HAS BEEN KAOLINIZED; VUGGY QUARTZ, TOURMALINE, PURPLE FLUORITE IN BRECCIA.
Comment (Deposit): UP TO 64 TIMES BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY.
Comment (Location): BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREAVEIN SEEN LIKE AT BARRY PROSPECT. CUTS AND TRENCHES HAVE BEEN DUG.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S
References
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P. MCLEMORE, V.T., 1981, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 155, 267 P
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