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Vanadium Friend Prospect

Occurrence in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Vanadium, Lead
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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 10012399
MRDS ID D008008
Record type Site
Current site name Vanadium Friend Prospect
Alternate or previous names Claim Patented In 1914, Vanadium Friend: Pleasant View Group
Related records 10198716

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.26282, 34.12702 (WGS84)
Elevation 1989
Relative position ABOUT 22 MILES N 78 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

Silver Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Salado(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 002S 004W 21 NW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.26282, 34.12702
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 W
    Dip STEEPLY EASTWARD

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Magdalena District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Felix S. Phillips
    First year 1960
  • Type Owner
    Owner Eula Bodenhimer
    First year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 90 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 42-43

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 30

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1508 COVERING 20.617 ACRES.

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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