Mccory Prospects

The Mccory Prospects is a thorium mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Mccory Prospects

Commodity

Primary: Thorium

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Capitan Mountains

Land Status

Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1952
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sacramento Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Alkaline complex associated zircon

Orebody

Form: BRECCIA VEIN

Structure

Type: R
Description: Rio Grande Rift

Type: L
Description: Capitan Laccolith

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alaskite Fragments In The Breccia Have Been Kaolinized. Interstices Of The Breccia Are Filled With Vuggy Quartz, Tourmaline, And Purple Fluorite.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Allanite
Ore: Fluorite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Tourmaline

Comments

Comment (Geology): ALASKITE HAS BEEN KAOLINIZED; VUGGY QUARTZ, TOURMALINE, PURPLE FLUORITE IN BRECCIA.

Comment (Deposit): UP TO 64 TIMES BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY.

Comment (Location): BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREAVEIN SEEN LIKE AT BARRY PROSPECT. CUTS AND TRENCHES HAVE BEEN DUG.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S

References

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P. MCLEMORE, V.T., 1981, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 155, 267 P

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