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Tingley Prospect

Occurrence in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011714
MRDS ID D006818
Record type Site
Current site name Tingley Prospect
Alternate or previous names Tingley Claim 1924 Originally Part of the Illinois Group of Claims.
Related records 10272572

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.2317, 33.09594 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position ABOUT 2.75 MILES S 23 E OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palomas Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 014S 004W 15 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT IS LOCATED ON THE WEST FLANK OF THE CABALLO MOUNTAINS ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES AND PALOMAS GAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GENERAL ANALYTICAL DATA FROM ROTHROCK AND OTHERS, 1946 P. 156.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result FIVE SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS TRENCHES CONTAINED FROM 8.4 % TO 43.1 % CAF2 AND AVERAGED 29.2 % CAF2.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Bliss Sandstone
    Rock description Bliss Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) Pennsylvanian rocks, undivided
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Closely Spaced North-South Trending Faults In Granite.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Imperial Corp.
    Home office Albuquerque, N.M.
    First year 1966

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 21.64M
    Overall depth 14.33M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF A 47 FT. DEEP VERTICAL SHAFT WITH A 71 FT. LONG CROSSCUT AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H. AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 155-156

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 101

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 19, P. 42

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN FAULT-FRACTURE ZONES TRENDING WEST TO N 15 E AS VEINS RANGING FROM 3 IN. TO 2.3 FT. IN WIDTH. ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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