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Nakaye Mineral Property - Sierra County, New Mexico

The Nakaye Property is a massive 77 acre lode mining claims staked out to cover the primary deposits of the Nakaye Fluorite Mine. The historic Nakaye Mine produced as much as twenty million dollars worth of fluorite prior to WWII for flux and other scientific uses. By 1951 the mine had been largely abandoned and would have remained so if not for the copper deposit that is reported to sit under the fluorite. By the mid 1950s, the use for fluorite as a scientific tool was replaced by synthetics and the demand vanished nearly overnight. The Nakaye Mine was left with thousands of tons of mined reserves in addition to 30,000 tons of mid-grade fluorite material. The fluorite at the Nakaye comes in a limited array of colors. Greens, from dark and opaque to a light, luminescent mint hue. Blues and purples are common and range from a deep, violet color to a translucent aqua shade. There are some yellow colorations but they are not as abundant as the greens and blues.