The Ladrons Mountains Area is a fluorine-fluorite, uranium, and manganese mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico.
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Mine Info
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Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Manganese
Lat, Long: 34.4347, -107.08470
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Ladrons Mountains Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ladrons Mountains Area
Secondary: Ladron District
Secondary: Sierra Ladrones
Secondary: Hanson District
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: HANSON DISTRICT
Land Status
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Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: LODE (VEIN)
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1927
Year Last Production: 1958
Discovery Year: 1868
Years of Production:
Organization:
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Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): NORTHROP, S.A., 1944 MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO, U.N.M. PRESS, P. 190-192
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 87-91
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, W.D. JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 124-125
Reference (Deposit): JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 114
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