The Long Lost Brother Deposit is a mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,597 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,597 Feet (1,706 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 32.6414, -108.56310
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Long Lost Brother Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Long Lost Brother Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Malone 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.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1945
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chalcedony
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Jasper
Unknown: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION - 472ST IN 1945
References
Reference (Deposit): US BUR MINES PUB 8307 P 55
Reference (Deposit): NM BUR MINES MIN RES BULL 21 P 73
Reference (Deposit): US GEOL SURV BULL 973F P 278
Reference (Deposit): NM BUR MINES MIN RES BULL 83 P 72
Reference (Deposit): NM BUR MINES MIN RES BULL 60 P 120
Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013
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