Fenceline Fluorspar Prospect

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009969
MRDS ID D003290
Record type Site
Current site name Fenceline Fluorspar Prospect

Geographic coordinates

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.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022S 015W 05,08 SW (05); NW (08) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE SHAFT ON THE SECTION LINE BETWEEN SECTIONS 5 AND 8 AS SHOWN ON THE C-BAR RANCH TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. PROSPECT CAN BE REACHED BY TRAVELING 20 MILES EAST FROM LORDSBURG ON US 70-80 TO SEPAR, 14.3 MILES NORTH TO BOUND RANCH HOUSE, AND 1.8 MILES NORTH ON FAINTLY MARKED TRUCK ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978); 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1963 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WHITE TO PALE GREEN, MEDIUM CRYSTALLINE FLUORITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Burro Mountain Granite
    Rock description Burro Mountain Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.41701, 32.41401

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N 05 TO 25 W
    Dip 60 NE
    Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Along Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1942

Mining district

District name Bound Ranch District (Soldiers Farewell Mountain)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bounds Ranch And The State Of New Mexico

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF A SHALLOW SHAFT AND TWO SHORT TRENCHES. THE 40 FT DEEP BY 30 FT LONG BY 6 FT WIDE OPEN STOPE WAS UNDERHANDED ON THE VEIN THROUGH A SURFACE OPENING ABOUT 15 FT LONG. THE TWO SHALLOW 30 FT TRENCHES EXTEND NW AND SE FROM THE OPEN STOPE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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