| Deposit ID | 10012969 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009010 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tennessee Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Tennessee Group, Claims, Tennessee Nos. 1 To 8 |
| Related records | 10126034 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.4925, 32.45541 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1448 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 20 MILES N 61 E OF LAS CRUCES, 45 MILES NORTH OF WHITE SANDS, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Dona Ana(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
White Sands(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 | 021S | 004E | 25 | NW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | ROTHROCK, AND OTHERS, P. 58, REPORTED ASSAYS FROM NUMEROUS SAMPLES WHICH RANGED FROM 48% TO 65% CAF2 AND FROM 53% TO 32% SIO2. |
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | Upper Santa Fe Group |
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| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nw Trending Faulted Contact |
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 55 E |
| Dip | 70 TO 75 NW |
| Thickness | 2.13M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discoverer | Frank Leach, Las Cruces, Nm |
| Year of first production | 1942 |
| Year of last production | 1949 |
| District name | Organ District: Gold Camp Subdistrict: Mineral Hill Area |
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| Ownership category | Military Reservation |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | F. C. Leach And P. L. Gratton |
| First year | 1940 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | White Sands Missile Range |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 39.62M |
| Overall depth | 6.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009010 |
ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 56-58
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 24
MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 16
SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, SHEET 1
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, USBM IC-8307, P. 24.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A SILICIC FAULTED CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN GRANITE AND EPIDIORITE DIKE. VEIN RANGES FROM 1.5 FT. TO 7 FT. THICK. EIGHT UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE 1940'S. |
| Deposit | RECORD # D009956 BY JERRY L. HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-82 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-82 | Haug, Jerry, L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-90 | Bolm, Karen S. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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