Blue Rock Prospect

Past Producer in Catron county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  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 10013008
MRDS ID D009059
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Rock Prospect
Alternate or previous names Claims, Blue Rock Nos. 1 To 6, Snowdrift Nos. 1 and 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.72757, 33.22427 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 34 MILES DUE SOUTH OF RESERVE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rice Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Catron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 012S 018W 29,32 SW (29); NW (32) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN PINE CREEK ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTHWEST OF LONE PINE HILL.. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.72757, 33.22427

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 05 E
    Dip 70 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1942
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Wilcox District: Sacaton Mesa Area: Pine Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. F. Moore And J. F. Dickerson
    First year 1940

Comments on the production information

  • ROTHROCK, H.E., AND OTHERS, 1946, P. 48, REPORTED ABOUT 9 TONS OF HAND-SORTED FLUORSPAR ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1942.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL OPENCUTS AND A SMALL PIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 48-49

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COARSELEY CRYSTALLINE FLUORITE OCCURS ALONG A NORTHEAST STRIKING BRECCIA ZONE IN VEINS AND PODS RANGING FROM 6 IN. TO 20 IN. THICK AND IS EXPOSED ALONG STRIKE FOR A LENGTH OF ABOUT 750 FT... NINE UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE 1940'S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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