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Box Canyon Prospect

Occurrence in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10012385
MRDS ID D007991
Record type Site
Current site name Box Canyon Prospect
Alternate or previous names Claims, Box Canyon Nos. 1 and 2
Related records 10199004

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.9892, 34.1587 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 9 MILES N 38 W OF SOCORRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lemitar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(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 Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 002S 001W 06,07 SW (06); NW (07) New Mexico

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM NMBMMR CIRC 76, 1964, P. 31

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A 2 FT. CHIP SAMPLE CUT ACROSS THE VEIN CONTAINED 45.3% BASO4 AND 11.2% CAF2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.9892, 34.1587
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 W
    Dip 75 NE
    Thickness 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Occurs Along The Granite-Limestone Contact.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lemitar Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Felix S. Phillips
    First year 1959

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO 70 FT. VERTICAL SHAFTS AND A 25 FT. SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 31

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 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.

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