| Deposit ID | 10013288 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009508 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Foster Fluorspar Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Foster Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.51646, 33.039 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1608 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 23 MILES N 39 W OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Canteen Canyon(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 014S | 016W | 32 | CENTER OF S2 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, REPORTED A GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED 76.9% CAF2 AND 12.6% SIO2. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Brock Canyon Volcanic Complex | ||||||
| Rock description | Brock Canyon Volcanic Complex | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite |
| (1) | -108.51646, 33.039 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 45 E |
| Dip | 85 NW |
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| Discoverer | Apolinario Ogas And Pedro Carajal |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| Year of last production | 1953 |
| District name | Gila Fluorspar District, Gila Mining District |
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| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Jack Wallace |
| First year | 1953 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Fayette Rice |
| Home office | Gila, N.M. |
| First year | 1966 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 243.84M |
| Overall depth | 21.34M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009508 |
JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 112-113
ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 89-91
GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 172-173
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 44-45
RATTE, J.C., AND GASKILL, D.L., 1975 USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-886
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P.44.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D009968 BY RONALD G. WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN A FAULT THAT STRIKES N45E AND DIPS 85NW. A MODERATELY BRECCIATED ZONE 3-8 FT WIDE WAS DEVELOPED BY THE FAULTING, AND BOTH FISSURES AND INTERSTICES IN THE BRECCIA WERE FILLED BY FLUORSPAR. METALLURGICAL GRADE FLUORSPAR CAME FROM FISSURE VEINS CONTAINING COARSE GREEN FLUORITE AND SPARSE QUARTZ. THE BRECCIATED ZONES CONTAINED MILLING GRADE FLUORSPAR. FISSURE VEINS RANGE IN WIDTH FROM A FEW INCHES TO ABOUT 2 FT. SOME STOPES AS MUCH AS 6 FT WIDE WERE MINED. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1880'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1983 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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