Long Lost Brother Deposit

The Long Lost Brother Deposit is a mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,597 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Long Lost Brother Deposit

Commodity

Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Malone 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.

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1945
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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Chalcedony
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Jasper
Unknown: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION - 472ST IN 1945

References

Reference (Deposit): US BUR MINES PUB 8307 P 55

Reference (Deposit): NM BUR MINES MIN RES BULL 21 P 73

Reference (Deposit): US GEOL SURV BULL 973F P 278

Reference (Deposit): NM BUR MINES MIN RES BULL 83 P 72

Reference (Deposit): NM BUR MINES MIN RES BULL 60 P 120

Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013

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