| Deposit ID | 10009969 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003290 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Fenceline Fluorspar Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.41701, 32.41401 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1702 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 27 MILES S 18 W OF SILVER CITY; 9 MILES S 15 W OF WHITE SIGNAL, NM. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 022S | 015W | 05,08 | SW (05); NW (08) | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| 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) | -108.41701, 32.41401 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nw Trending Fault |
| General form | LENSE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 05 TO 25 W |
| Dip | 60 NE |
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1942 |
| District name | Bound Ranch District (Soldiers Farewell Mountain) |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Bounds Ranch And The State Of New Mexico |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 12.19M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003290 |
HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL.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, P 53
U.S. BUREAU MINES, 1978, MINERAL INVENTORY LOCATION SYSTEM, SILVER CITY MAP 1:250,000.
GILLERMAN, E., 1952 USGS BULL 973-F, P. 284
HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1039
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 53.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS AND FLUORITE CEMENTED BRECCIA IN A NORTHWEST-TRENDING FAULT ZONE. MAXIMUM THICKNESS IS 6 FT.. ALLUVIUM COVERS THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST EXTENSIONS 0F THE VEIN. |
| Deposit | RECORD # D009842 BY JERRY L. HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| 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 | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-83 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-90 | Bolm, Karen S. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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