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Lorraine Group

Occurrence in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011729
MRDS ID D006836
Record type Site
Current site name Lorraine Group
Related records 10175637

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.24142, 32.85568 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position ABOUT 20 MILES DUE SOUTH 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

McLeod Tank(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(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 017S 004W 3,10 S2 (03); NE (10) New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GENERAL ANALYTICAL DATA FROM F.E. WILLIAMS, 1966 P.112. SAMPLE IS REPRESENTATIVE OF STOCKPILED ORE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result COMPOSITE GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED 79.5% CAF2
Result 18.1% SIO2
Result 1.1% CACO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Montoya Group;Magdalena Group
    Rock description Montoya Group;Magdalena Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.24142, 32.85568
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Green Fault Strikes N45w And Dips Northeast. Smaller Subparallel Faults Generally Strike West And Dip About 80 North.

Ore body information

  • Strike WEST TO N45W
    Dip 80N TO VERTICAL
    Thickness 2.44M

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 Operator
    Owner C. R. Buckelew
    First year 1948
  • Type Owner
    Owner Larry Buckelew
    Home office Hatch, N.M.
    First year 1978

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1978 CONSISTED OF TWO SHORT ADITS AND ONE TRENCH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P.48

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 111-112

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN BOTH FISSURE VEINS AND FLUORSPAR-BEARING JASPEROID MANTOS ALONG INTENSELY FAULTED ZONES. BRECCIATED ZONES UP TO 8 FT. WIDE CONTAIN VEINS RANGING FROM 1.5 FT. TO 5 FT. WIDE. 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 120 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

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