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Harding Deposit 1929

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Vanadium, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Molybdenum
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10011726
MRDS ID D006831
Record type Site
Current site name Harding Deposit 1929
Alternate or previous names Red Top Group 1906: Claims, Red Top, Red Top Annex, Gladys, Biliken: Harding Group 1929, Claims, Humbolt No. 1, Humbolt No. 2: Electra Mines 1946: Imperial Corp. Property:, Senator No. 1, Senator No. 2
Related records 10151058

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.2142, 33.04483 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 6.5 MILES S 15 E FROM 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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

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 35 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IS LOCATED ON THE WEST FLANK OF THE CABALLOS MOUNTAINS ABOUT 0.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PALOMAS GAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM W.D. JOHNSON, 1928 P.41.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Descloizite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Parts Of The Vein Are Open Textured And Spongy From Surface Water Leaching.

Analytical data

Result FLUORITE VEIN SAMPLE CONTAINED 93% CAF2
Result 3% SIO2
Result 3% CACO3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Magdalena Group;Nakaye Formation
    Rock description Magdalena Group;Nakaye Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.2142, 33.04483
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 60NW
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure-Fracture Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Discoverer Ralph Widener
Year of first production 1910
Year of last production 1947

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Electra Mines-Blanchard Hanson
    First year 1947
  • Type Owner
    Owner Imperial Corp.
    Home office Albuquerque, N.M.
    First year 1957

Comments on the production information

  • FLUORSPAR PRODUCTION REPORTED AS 865 TONS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF A 90 FT. DEEP SHAFT WITH 50 FT. OF DRIFTING, A 30 FT. INCLINE WHICH PENETRATES A NATURAL CAVE, TWO 150 FT. DEEP VANADIUM PROSPECT SHAFTS AND AN OPEN CUT WITH A NEARBY SHAFT 20 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, W.D., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P.41-42

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H. AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 160-161

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 203-204

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C. AND SILVER, C., 1952 UNIV OF N.M. PUB NO 4, P. 198-218

  • Deposit

    5) WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 105-106

  • Deposit

    6) MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 19

  • Deposit

    7) HESS, F.L., 1913 USGS BULL 530, P. 157-160

  • Deposit

    8) NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 P.106

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NORTHEAST TRENDING VEINS RANGING FROM 1 FT. TO 4 FT. WIDE CONTAIN BRECCIATED LIMESTONE FRAGMENTS CEMENTED BY CALCITE, QUARTZ AND FLUORSPAR. SOME GALENA IS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE VEINS AND WHERE OXIDATION IS EXTENSIVE VANADINITE, CERUSSITE, ANGLESITE AND WULFENITE ARE PRESENT. DEPOSIT ORIGINALLY COVERED BY 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (1906). RELOCATED AND COVERED BY 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (1929).

Reporter information

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

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