| Deposit ID | 10009964 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003284 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | American Fluorspar Deposits |
| Alternate or previous names | Claims, American Nos. 1 and 2, Spar Nos. 1 and 2 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.37979, 32.38956 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1622 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 28 MILES S 12 W OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
C Bar Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 022S | 015W | 15 | SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Result | A TWO FT. CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS THE VEIN CONTAINED 47.0 % CAF2, 43.4 % SIO2, 0.45 % CACO3, AND LESS THAN 0.1 % BASO4. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -108.37979, 32.38956 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 4.57M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1953 |
| District name | Bound Ranch District |
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| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Altru Minerals |
| Home office | 6005 Truchas Dr. Ne, Albuquerque, N.M. 87109 |
| First year | 1980 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | State Of New Mexico |
| Home office | New Mexico |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Overall length | 45.72M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003284 |
HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIR, 8307, P50
U.S. BUREAU MINES, 1978, MINERAL INVENTORY LOCATION SYSTEM, SILVER CITY MAP 1:250,000.
GILLERMAN, E., 1952 USGS BULL 973-F, P. 281-283
HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1039
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 50.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSITS OCCUR AS VEINS AND OPEN SPACE FILLING IN BRECCIA ALONG FOUR FAULT ZONES. VEINS RANGE FROM 1.5 FT. TO 3 FT. IN WIDTH AND FLUORITIZED BRECCIAS ARE AS MUCH AS 15 FT. WIDE. TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-78 | Lawrence,V. A. | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-82 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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