The Burro Chief Fluorspar Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,906 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,906 Feet (1,800 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 32.64944, -108.37861
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Burro Chief Fluorspar Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Burro Chief Fluorspar Mine
Secondary: Burro Chief Group Patented In 1909
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Burro Chief
Secondary: No. 1 Lode
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Burro Mountains District: Tyrone Area; Copper Mountain
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Phelps Dodge Corp.
Owner Name: Mc Cray, H. E.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Mangas Fault, Malone Fault And Another Fault; Tyrone Quartz Monzonite Stock.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Host Rocks To Chlorite, Sericite, Clay Minerals
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AND (4) BRECCIA AND LOW - GRADE ORE CONTAINING UP TO 35% CAF2.
Analytical Data: (3) HARD FLUORSPAR BRECCIA CONTAINING 50 TO 90% CAF2
Analytical Data: (2) SOFT FLUORSPAR BRECCIA CONTAINING 35 TO 75% CAF2
Analytical Data: FOUR TYPES OF ORE ARE FOUND: (1) VEINS OF HIGH GRADE FLUORSPAR CONTAINING 75 TO 90% CAF2
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSTON, W.D. JR., 1928, FLUORSPAR IN NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES, STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 4, P. 103-110.
Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, S., 1916, SILVER CITY FOLIO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ATLAS, NO. 199.
Reference (Deposit): 1916 GEOLMAP PAIGE, S.
Reference (Deposit): 1928 GEOCHEM JOHNSTON, W. D. JR., N. MEX. SCHOOL MINES
Reference (Deposit): 1928 GEOLMAP DARTON, N. H.
Reference (Deposit): 1952 GEOLMAP GILLERMAN, E.
Reference (Production): WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEP. OF N. MEXICO; GILLERMAN, E., 1951, F. DEP. BURRO MTS, N. MEXICO
Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, H. E., JOHNSON, C. H. AND HAHN, A. D., 1946, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: N. MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MIN. RES. BULL. 21 P. 64 - 71
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1951, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF BURRO MOUNTAINS AND VICINITY, NEW MEXICO: USGS BULL. 973F. P. 261 - 289
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIRC. 8307 P. 64
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 109-110
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 52-53
Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 16
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1031
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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