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Eagle Nest Prospect, Red Cloud District, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Eagle Nest Prospect | Prospect |
| Red Cloud District | Mining District |
| Lincoln County | County |
| New Mexico | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 12' 30'' North , 105° 44' 16'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Structure: Dome Structure Caused By A Syenitic Laccolith. A Nw Trending Fault Which Brings Permian Yeso And Permian? Abo Formations In Contact.
Tectonics: Basin And Range
Deposit: The deposit is in a fault breccia in quartzitic sandstones which dip generally NE from 15 to 35 degrees. The fault is nearly vertical and strikes north at the southern end of the deposit and NW at the northern end. The ore is a dense crystalline aggregate of fluorite, barite, quartz, and calcite. The groundmass is finely crystalline blue or purple fluorite, through which are scattered short laths and weathered masses of light pink barite and clusters of medium-grained green fluorite. Near the margins of the vein tiny crystals of pyrite and limonite pseudomorphs are common. Minute crystals of bastnasite occasionally occur. This deposit appears to be almost As large As the old hickory mine, which is the largest in the gallinas mining district. ; info.src : 1 pub lit
Deposit type: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
Development: Six trenches were dug on the property by the USBM in the early 1940's.
Rock formation(s): Yeso;Abo
Ore(s): Brecciated Fault Within A Favorble Sandstone Host Rock.
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5 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
| ⓘ 'Bastnäsite' Formula: (Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)F |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Fluorite Formula: CaF2 |
| ⓘ 'Limonite' |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Bastnäsite' | - | (Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)F |
| ⓘ | 'Limonite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Bastnäsite | (Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)F |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| O | ⓘ Bastnäsite | (Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)F |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Bastnäsite | (Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)F |
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Y | Yttrium | |
| Y | ⓘ Bastnäsite | (Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)F |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
| Ce | Cerium | |
| Ce | ⓘ Bastnäsite | (Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)F |
| Nd | Neodymium | |
| Nd | ⓘ Bastnäsite | (Ce/Nd/Y/REE)(CO3)F |
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| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10013644 |
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