The Cox Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,725 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,725 Feet (1,745 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 33.02917, -107.21806
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Cox Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cox Mine
Secondary: Principal Claims: Lead Camp No. 2
Secondary: Camino Apache Nos. 1-4
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Caballos District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Fulton J. Cox
Years: 1975 -
Owner Name: Fulton J. Cox
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1922
Year Last Production: 1951
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: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Northeast Trending Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE VEINS OCCUPY A NARROW, NORTHEAST TRENDING, BRECCIATED FAULT ZONE WITH FLUORSPAR OCCURRING IN STRINGERS AND LENSES RANGING IN WIDTH FROM A FEW INCHES TO 24 INCHES. 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Location): ON THE EAST FLANK OF THE CABALLOS MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF PALOMAS GAP AND NEAR THE HEAD OF CABALLO CANYON.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INTERMITTANT FROM 1922 TO 1951, ESTIMATED TOTAL PRODUCTION IS 1009 TONS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES, ONE 50 FT LONG BY 6 FT WIDE BY 20 FT DEEP OPEN CUT, AND THREE ADITS EACH ABOUT 100 FT LONG.
Comment (Geology): FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT
References
Reference (Production): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 P 107
Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEMOIR 34, P.19
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC8307, P.107
Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P.161
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