The Capulin Peak Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Sandoval county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,848 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,848 Feet (2,697 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 35.22028, -106.40889
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Capulin Peak Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Capulin Peak Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sandoval
District: Sandia Mountains Area
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Thunder Head Mining Co.
Years: 1966 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: N 30 W Trending Fault Fissure
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE A 30 FT LONG BY 10 FT DEEP OPENCUT, SEVERAL PITS, AND A 35 FT DEEP INCLINED SHAFT.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Deposit): FLUORITE IS FOUND WITH MINOR BARITE, QUARTZ, CALCITE, AND GALENA IN A FAULT FISSURE STRIKING N 30 W IN LIMESTONE. THE FLUORITE OCCURS AS VEIN FILLING OF FINE TO MEDIUM WHITE TO VIOLET CRYSTALS, UP TO 18 IN WIDE AS EXPOSED. AN ADDITIONAL 18 IN OF MATERIAL ADJACENT TO THE VEIN PROPER SHOW FLUORITE AS CEMENTING MATERIAL FOR BRECCIATED ROCK FRAGMENTS. THE VEIN, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE 35 FT INCLINED SHAFT IS 3 FT WIDE. THE FILLING IS FINE-GRAINED PURPLE FLUORITE, CEMENTING AND PARTIALLY REPLACING LIMESTONE WALL-ROCK INCLUSIONS. ASSOCIATED BARITE IS PRESENT AS THIN, PLATY CRYSTALS. MINOR AMOUNTS OF GALENA, QUARTZ, AND CALCITE ARE ALSO EVIDENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSTON, WD, 1928, NMBMMR BULL, P. 118-119.
Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 39-40.
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 10.
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