Eureka Prospect

The Eureka Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,500 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Eureka Prospect  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Lincoln

Elevation: 7,500 Feet (2,286 Meters)

Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite

Lat, Long: 34.20139, -105.73333

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Eureka Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Eureka Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Gallinas Mining 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.
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Adele Lehman And Edna Lehman Davis
Home Office: Alhambra, Ca.
Years: 1966 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Sacramento Section


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)


Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Dome Structure Caused By A Syenitic Laccolith

Type: L
Description: N 70 W Trending Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: A COMPOSITE SAMPLE CONTAINED 43.8% CAF2, 10.8% SIO2, 25.5% BASO4, AND 5.5% CAO.


Materials

Ore: Barite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Galena
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE SHAFTS, AN OPEN CUT, AND A 255 FT ADIT. IN ADDITION, TRENCHES WERE DUG BY THE USBM IN 1943.

Comment (Location): IN THE CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Comment (Deposit): FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN ONE OF MANY LOCAL FAULTS IN QUARTZITE. BRECCIA FRAGMENTS ARE PARTIALLY CEMENTED AND REPLACED BY A FINELY GRANULAR MATRIX OF PURPLE FLUORITE, BARITE, AND CALCITE. TRENCHING DONE BY THE USBM IN 1943 DISCLOSED SIX SMALL FLUORSPAR ORE BODIES TOTALING 150 FT IN LENGTH. CHRYSOCOLLA AND TRACES OF GALENA ACCOMPANY THE FLUORSPAR.


References

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 80.

Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 121.

Reference (Deposit): SOULE, JH, 1946, USBM R I 3854, P. 8.


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