Red Star Group 1973

Occurrence 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011735
MRDS ID D006842
Record type Site
Current site name Red Star Group 1973
Alternate or previous names Red Star Prospects: Principal Claims, Red Star Nos. 1 To 20: Esperanza Claims Late 1920's Were Allowed, To Lapse and Red Star Group Was Claimed In 1973 and Cover the Same, Deposits.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.2692, 32.80373 (WGS84)
Elevation 1356
Relative position ABOUT 27 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

Garfield(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 28,29 W2 (28); E2 (29) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS ARE LOCATED IN THE DERRY HILLS A FEW MILES NORTHEAST OF DERRY, N.M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Fluorite-Jasperoid Replacement Bodies.

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) -107.2692, 32.80373

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Two N 30 W Striking Faults Bound The Mineralized Area And These Faults Lie Within Two Folds With N 30 W Trending Fold Axes. Intense Folding Produced Extensive Brecciation Along Bedding Planes Where Irregular Replacement Bodies Formed.

Ore body information

  • Length 243.84M
    Width 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Structural Control By Bedding Plane Faults, Discordant Fractures, And Breccia Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner New Mexico Fluorspar Corp.
    First year 1928
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Hanson And Gerald Aday
    Home office Truth Or Consequences N.M.
    First year 1978

Comments on the workings information

  • ORIGINAL WORKINGS CONSISTED OF MANY SHORT ADITS AND PITS. WORKINGS SINCE 1973 INCLUDE ABOUT 9 BULLDOZER CUTS TERRACED ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF THE DERRY HILLS.

Comments on development

  • OLD ESPERANZA CLAIMS OF LATE 1920'S WERE RELOCATED IN 1973 AND EXPLORED BY BULLDOZER TRENCHING AND PERCUSSION DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, W.D., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P.57-58

  • Deposit

    KELLY, V.C. AND SILVER, C., 1952 UNIV OF N.M. PUB NO 4, P.199

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P.113

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P.47

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN NORTHWEST STRIKING FILLED FISSURES, IN A BRECCIA ZONE ALONG A NORTH STRIKING FAULT, AND AS REPLACEMENTS IN IRREGULAR-SHAPED JASPEROID BODIES. FLUORITE IS PRESENT IN COARSELY CRYSTALLINE PODS, VEINS AND FINE GRAINED VEINLETS. THE PRINCIPAL FLUORITE-JASPEROID MASS IS 800 FT. LONG AND 300 FT. WIDE. 20 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 400 ACRES.

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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