| Deposit ID | 10010045 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003404 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Continental Fluorspar Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Claims, Continental Nos. 1 To 3: Spar Valley Prospect, Signal Peak No. 4 Prospect |
| Related records | 10271765 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.37312, 32.36234 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1585 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 29.5 MILES S 11 W OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Soldiers Farewell Hill(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 | 27 | SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -108.37312, 32.36234 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR, PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 05 TO 10 E |
| Dip | 60 TO 85 SE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1945 |
| Year of last production | 1952 |
| District name | Bound Ranch District: Soldiers Farewell Hill Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ernest Nichols |
| Home office | Deming, N.M. |
| First year | 1952 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003404 |
HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS
GILLERMAN, E., 1952, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF BURRO MOUNTAINS AND VICINITY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 973-F, P 262, 281-282
WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIR, 8307, P.52 // 5) U.S. BUREAU MINES, 1978, MINERAL INVENTORY LOCATION SYSTEM, SILVER CITY MAP 1:250,000.
HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1033
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 52.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS, PODS, AND STRINGERS OF FLUORITE AT INTERVALS OF 3200 FT ASSOCIATED WITH SILICIOUS GOUGE AND BRECCIA ALONG A NORTH-SOUTH TRENDING FAULT ZONE THAT DIPS STEEPLY EAST IN PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE, SCHISTS, AND QUARTZITE. VOLCANIC ROCKS ARE INTRUDED LOCALLY INTO THE GRANITE. FLUORITE IS LIGHT GREEN, COARSELY CRYSTALLINE IN THE CUBIC HABIT, AND OCCURS IN SINUOUS VEINLETS UP TO 4 IN IN WIDTH. THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1951. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D009844 BY RONALD G. WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-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 | Worl, Ronald G. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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