The Carnation - Columbine Prospect is a mine located in Cibola county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,051 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,051 Feet (2,454 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 35.2014, -108.13750
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Carnation - Columbine Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carnation - Columbine Prospect
Secondary: Mirabal Nos. 1-12
Secondary: Mirabal Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Silica
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Cibola
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1918
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Datil Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION - 13,047ST AVG GRADE FROM STOPING CA(F2) 57.4% OPEN PIT FACE SAMPLES CA(F2) 86.0% SI(02) 5.8% CA(F2) 77.3% SI(02) 11.4%
References
Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK,H.E. 1946 NM BU MINS,MIN RES BULL 21 PP 176-190.
Reference (Deposit): GODDARD,E.N. 1966 U.S.G.S. MISC GEOL INV MAP I-454.
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS,F.E. 1966 US BU MINS IC8307 PP 127-130.
Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013.
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