Tennessee Mine

The Tennessee Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Dona Ana county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,751 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Tennessee Mine
Secondary: Tennessee Group
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Tennessee Nos. 1 To 8

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Dona Ana
District: Organ District: Gold Camp Subdistrict: Mineral Hill Area

Land Status

Land ownership: Military Reservation
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: White Sands Missile Range

Owner Name: F. C. Leach And P. L. Gratton
Years: 1940 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Year Last Production: 1949
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: Nw Trending Faulted Contact

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ROTHROCK, AND OTHERS, P. 58, REPORTED ASSAYS FROM NUMEROUS SAMPLES WHICH RANGED FROM 48% TO 65% CAF2 AND FROM 53% TO 32% SIO2.

Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A SILICIC FAULTED CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN GRANITE AND EPIDIORITE DIKE. VEIN RANGES FROM 1.5 FT. TO 7 FT. THICK. EIGHT UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE 1940'S.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1946 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHORT ADITS AND SHALLOW TRENCHES. WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 50 FT LONG BY 15 FT DEEP TRENCH AND 2 ADITS OF 15 FT AND 63 FT LENGTH AT THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE PROSPECT.

Comment (Deposit): RECORD # D009956 BY JERRY L. HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Commodity): FLUORITE OCCURS AS WHITE TO PALE GREEN, DENSE TO MEDIUM-GRAINED MASSES ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ, AND LOCALLY WITH SPHALERITE, GALENA, AND MANGANIFEROUS CALCITE.

Comment (Location): GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE CENTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 25. THE MINE IS LOCATED 1.5 MILES NORTH OF US 70 AT A POINT 20.8 MILES EAST OF LAS CRUCES, ON THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

References

Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 56-58

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 24

Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 16

Reference (Deposit): SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, SHEET 1

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, USBM IC-8307, P. 24.

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