Burro Chief Fluorspar Mine

The Burro Chief Fluorspar Mine is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,906 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: Burro Chief Fluorspar Mine  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Grant

Elevation: 5,906 Feet (1,800 Meters)

Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite

Lat, Long: 32.64944, -108.37861

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Burro Chief Fluorspar Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Burro Chief Fluorspar Mine
Secondary: Burro Chief Group Patented In 1909
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Burro Chief
Secondary: No. 1 Lode


Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Burro Mountains District: Tyrone Area; Copper Mountain


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Phelps Dodge Corp.

Owner Name: Mc Cray, H. E.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M


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: Mangas Fault, Malone Fault And Another Fault; Tyrone Quartz Monzonite Stock.


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Host Rocks To Chlorite, Sericite, Clay Minerals


Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AND (4) BRECCIA AND LOW - GRADE ORE CONTAINING UP TO 35% CAF2.
Analytical Data: (3) HARD FLUORSPAR BRECCIA CONTAINING 50 TO 90% CAF2
Analytical Data: (2) SOFT FLUORSPAR BRECCIA CONTAINING 35 TO 75% CAF2
Analytical Data: FOUR TYPES OF ORE ARE FOUND: (1) VEINS OF HIGH GRADE FLUORSPAR CONTAINING 75 TO 90% CAF2


Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite


Comments

Not available


References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSTON, W.D. JR., 1928, FLUORSPAR IN NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES, STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 4, P. 103-110.

Reference (Deposit): PAIGE, S., 1916, SILVER CITY FOLIO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ATLAS, NO. 199.

Reference (Deposit): 1916 GEOLMAP PAIGE, S.

Reference (Deposit): 1928 GEOCHEM JOHNSTON, W. D. JR., N. MEX. SCHOOL MINES

Reference (Deposit): 1928 GEOLMAP DARTON, N. H.

Reference (Deposit): 1952 GEOLMAP GILLERMAN, E.

Reference (Production): WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEP. OF N. MEXICO; GILLERMAN, E., 1951, F. DEP. BURRO MTS, N. MEXICO

Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, H. E., JOHNSON, C. H. AND HAHN, A. D., 1946, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: N. MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MIN. RES. BULL. 21 P. 64 - 71

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1951, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF BURRO MOUNTAINS AND VICINITY, NEW MEXICO: USGS BULL. 973F. P. 261 - 289

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIRC. 8307 P. 64

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 109-110

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 52-53

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

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1031

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA


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