| Deposit ID | 10013277 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009493 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mohawk Fluorspar Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Bitter Creek Mine |
| Related records | 10247225 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.98897, 32.88955 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1593 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 43 MILES N 79 W OF SILVER CITY, 19.5 MILES S 75 W OF CLIFF, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Crookson Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 016S | 021W | 26 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite |
| (1) | -108.98897, 32.88955 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Deposits Occur Along The Northwest Striking East Camp Fault. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 10 TO 15 W |
| Dip | 85 TO 90 NE |
| Thickness | 2.13M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1940 |
| Year of last production | 1972 |
| District name | Steeple Rock District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Jim Mcbee |
| First year | 1972 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Eugene Belcher |
| Home office | Thatcher, Az. |
| First year | 1978 |
| Year | 1940 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1940 To | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE CaF2 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^60 To 70 % Caf2. | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 91.44M |
| Overall depth | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009493 |
ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P.79
ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-15
GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 194
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 60-61
GRIGGS, R.L., AND WAGNER, H.C., 1966 USGS BULL 1222-E, 29 PAGES
MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 33
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 61 AND MCANULTY, W.N., 1978, P. 33.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS, PODS, FLUORSPAR-CEMENTED BRECCIA, AND IRREGULAR-SHAPED MASSES OF FLUORITIZED JASPEROID. THE SHEAR ZONE IS UP TO 20 FT. THICK AND PODS UP TO 2 FT. THICK CONTAIN LIGHT GREEN, MEDIUM TO COARSELY CRYSTALLINE FLUORITE. |
| Deposit | RECORD # D009822 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-SEP-82 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-83 | 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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