| Deposit ID | 10012973 |
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| MRDS ID | D009012 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tortugas Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | S.K. Stanland Mine, Tortugas Veins, Tortugas, Jones, Santiago: Incorrectly Called the S K Standard Mine On the Tortugas, Mountain Topographic Quadrangle: Claims, Tortugas Fluorspar Nos. 1 and 2, Fluorspar Nos. 1, 2, and 3 |
| Related records | 10174633 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.69613, 32.28902 (WGS84) |
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| Elevation | 1433 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 3.5 MILES S 80 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
Tortugas Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Dona Ana |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 023S | 002E | 24 | SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | JOHNSTON, 1928, P. 77, REPORTED THAT THE MILL HEAD FEED ORE CONTAINED 75.85 % CAF2, 14.85 % CACO3, 8.55 % SIO2, AND 0.75 % AL2O3 + FE2O3. |
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
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| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Host or associated | Host |
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| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Magdalena Group |
| Rock description | Magdalena Group |
| (1) | -106.69613, 32.28902 |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
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| Structure description | Mcanulty (1978) Indicates That The Tortugas Mine Lies At The Western Rim Of The Resurgent Organ Mtn Caldera. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | The Vein Occurs In A N 07 W Striking Fault Zone; Also Faults Trending N 30 E And N 50 W |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 07 W(TORTUGAS VEIN); N 50 W (JONES VEIN) |
| Dip | 70 TO 80 NE (TORTUGAS VEIN); JONES VEIN VERTICAL |
| Thickness | 3.96M |
| Length | 304.8M |
| Width | 152.4M |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 07 W(TORTUGAS VEIN); N 50 W (JONES VEIN) |
| Dip | 70 TO 80 NE (TORTUGAS VEIN); JONES VEIN VERTICAL |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1919 |
| Discoverer | Manasse And Hayner, Las Cruces, N.M. |
| Year of first production | 1919 |
| Year of last production | 1943 |
| District name | Tortugas Mountain District |
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| Ownership category | Military Reservation |
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| Type | Operator |
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| Owner | J. K. Stanland |
| First year | 1940 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. K. Stanland |
| First year | 1943 |
| Year | 1919 | ||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1919 To | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 207.26M |
| Overall depth | 162.15M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009012 |
JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 75-82
DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 264-265
ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 54-56
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 25-27
KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-14
MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 16, P. 23
SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 88
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NO DATA IS GIVEN FOR THE SANTIAGO VEIN EXCEPT THAT IT IS LOCATED ABOUT 800 FT WEST OF THE TORTUGAS VEIN. RECORD # D009951 BY JERRY L. HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS, VEINLETS, PODS, AND BRECCIA CEMENTED BY FLUORSPAR IN A NORTH-TRENDING FAULT ZONE. THE PRINCIPAL OREBODY WAS STOPED ALONG STRIKE FOR A LENGTH OF 600 FT. NEAR THE SURFACE AND FOR A LENGTH OF 300 FT. AT A DEPTH OF 386 FT... THE OREBODY IS UP TO 13 FT. THICK BUT AVERAGES ABOUT 4 FT. THICK.. FIVE UNPATENTED CLAIMS REPORTED IN 1928. AT THE TORTUGAS VEIN FLUORITE OCCURS AS WHITE OR PALE GREEN MEDIUM TO LARGE CUBIC CRYSTALS AS VEIN FILLING IN FISSURES. CALCITE, QUARTZ, AND LIMESTONE WALL ROCK INCLUSIONS ACCOMPANY THE FLUORITE. 600 FT NORTH OF THE SHAFT, THE TORTUGAS VEIN CROSSES A FLATTER DIPPING N 30 E TRENDING VEIN, NORTHEAST OF WHICH ONLY SPORADIC FLUORITE OCCURS. THE JONES VEIN, LOCATED 600 FT EAST OF THE TORTUGAS, TRENDS N 50 W. FLUORITE IS FOUND THERE IN A BRECCIA BODY ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF A SHAFT. |
| 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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