Mine detail: Spar Valley Rhyolite Vein Mine

Previously called 'Spar Valley No. 2 and No. 3 Shafts. Includes Bute 1Ingram 3And Ingram 4 Claims.'

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Location

Lat / long:

30.94157, -105.04774

Resource(N)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Cox Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Associated rock:	Lower Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	Clay Along Fault And Minor Amounts Of Pyrite In Rhyolite

References

MRDS	W701311
DEP	10085681
Reference	{Deposit:: PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P.}{Deposit:: UNIV TEX PUB 4301, P. 227-238}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 987, 98 P.}{Deposit:: EXAMINED BY H.E. ROTHROCK AND ELLIOT GILLERMAN BETWEEN 1943 AND 1946.}{Deposit:: FIELD WORK BY TEXAS BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1943-45}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: UNIV TEX PUB 4301 P. 234}
Reporter	Paidakovich, Matthew E., Long, Keith R.