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Section 29 Prospect

Occurrence in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
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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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011736
MRDS ID D006844
Record type Site
Current site name Section 29 Prospect
Related records 10247931

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.44501, 33.40289 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position ABOUT 50 MILES N68E 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

Capitol Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010S 005E 29 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT IS LOCATED ON THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE IN THE NORTHERN SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS ABOUT 1 MILE DUE WEST OF CAPITOL PEAK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE FROM SORTED ROCK PILES; REPORTED BY F.E. WILLIAMS, 1966 P.116

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED 60.5% CAF2
Result 14.0% BASO4
Result 11.7% SIO2
Result 7.7% CACO3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.44501, 33.40289
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Strikes N 15 E And Dips 45 Nw.

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E
    Dip 45NW
    Thickness 0.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fissure Structural Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name San Andres Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 27.43M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF AN INACCESSIBLE SHAFT AT LEAST 60 FT. DEEP, AN OPENCUT 70 FT. IN LENGTH BY 20 FT. WIDE BY 15 TO 20 FT. DEEP, AND A TRENCH 6 FT. DEEP BY 20 FT. IN LENGTH BY 8 FT. WIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P.116

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS OCCUR WITHIN A BRECCIATED FAULT ZONE AS A CEMENT FOR BRECCIA FRAGMENTS AND IN SEVERAL FISSURES RANGING FROM 1 IN. TO 8 IN. IN WIDTH.

Reporter information

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

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