Chise Deposits

Past Producer in Sierra 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011718
MRDS ID D006822
Record type Site
Current site name Chise Deposits
Alternate or previous names Cross Mountain Deposits, Victorio Prospect, Mill Hill Prospect
Related records 10223835

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.57421, 33.27093 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 20 MILES N 63 W 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

Chise(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 012S 007W 16 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSITS ARE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF CROSS MOUNTAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Magdalena Group;Nakaye Formation;Yeso Formation
    Rock description Magdalena Group;Nakaye Formation;Yeso Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.57421, 33.27093

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GENERAL REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CUCHILLO DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1943
Year of first production 1970

Mining district

District name Sierra Cuchillo District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Win Industries
    First year 1973
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ira Young
    Home office Deming, N.M.
    First year 1978

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED TOTAL PRODUCTION IS 500 TONS FLUORSPAR ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1978 CONSISTED OF A SHAFT 40 FT. DEEP AND NUMEROUS TRENCHES AND OPEN CUTS.

Comments on development

  • IRA YOUNG PERFORMED TRENCHING, BULLDOZING, BENCHING AND DRILLING EXPLORATION PRIOR TO LEASING THE PROPERTY TO WIN INDUSTRIES IN 1970.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H. AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 169-170

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 115

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 51-53

  • Production

    W.N. MCANULTY, 1978 P. 19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORITE DEPOSITS OCCUR AS; VOID FILLING FISSURE VEINS IN BRECCIATED ZONES ALONG FAULTS AND RANGE FROM 1 FT. TO 4 FT. WIDE; DISCORDANT JASPEROID-FLUORITE VEINS WHICH SERVED AS FEEDERS TO MANTOS; CONCORDANT JASPEROID-FLUORITE MANTOS WITH APPRECIABLE LATERAL EXTENT AND VARIABLE THICKNESS; LENTICULAR REPLACEMENT MANTOS IN THE YESO FM; AND LENTICULAR FLUORITE-CEMENTED FAULT BRECCIA MANTOS ALONG BEDDING-PLANE FAULTS IN THE YESO FM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references