| Deposit ID | 10012962 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Devils Canyon Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Devils Canyon Mine |
| Related records | 10174242 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.53445, 32.25736 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1737 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 15 MILES S 74 E OF LAS CRUCES. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Dona Ana(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Organ Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Dona Ana |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 023S | 004E | 33 | SE | New Mexico |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Organ Needle Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Organ Needle Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | El Paso Group |
| Rock description | El Paso Group |
| (1) | -106.53445, 32.25736 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Mcanulty (1978) Indicates That The Devils Canyon Prospect Lies Within The Resurgent Organ Mtn. Caldera. |
| General form | IRREGULAR, CIGAR SHAPED |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 6.1M |
| Length | 30.48M |
| Width | 7.62M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1932 |
| Year of last production | 1934 |
| District name | South Canyon District: Southern Organ Mountains |
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| Ownership category | Military Reservation |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Beasley, A. H. |
| Home office | Las Cruces, N.M. |
| First year | 1934 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | White Sands Missile Range |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 7.62M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009001 |
DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 242
WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 14
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 25
MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 16
SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 89, SHEET 1
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FLUORITE HAS REPLACED MARBLE, FORMING A MASS ABOUT 100 FT LONG, 20 FT THICK AND EXPLORED TO A DEPTH OF 25 FT. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D009950 BY RONALD G. WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1982 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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