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Huckleberry Mine

Past Producer in Catron county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013491
MRDS ID D009807
Record type Site
Current site name Huckleberry Mine
Alternate or previous names Whitewater Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.82231, 33.31704 (WGS84)
Elevation 1937
Relative position 3.5 MILES EAST OF GLENWOOD, NEW MEXICO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holt Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(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 011S 019W 29 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AN ORE BIN GRAB SAMPLE IN 1944 ASSAYED CONTAINED 54.3% CAF2 AND 33.3% SIO2.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Cooney
    Rock description Cooney
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.82231, 33.31704
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Nnw Trending Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous Nw Trending Faults, Some Ne Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W; N 45 W
    Dip HORIZONTAL; 20 SW
  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W; N 45 W
    Dip HORIZONTAL; 20 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA AROUND MINE IS DESCRIBED AS BEING HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED, BUT TYPE NOT GIVEN; GREEN, WHITE, AND PURPLE COARSE (SOME FINE) CRYSTALLINE FLUORITE OCCURS AS BOTH REPLACEMENT OF FAULT BRECCIA AND RHYOLITE DIKE ROCK, AND AS OPEN-SPACE FILLING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1926
Discoverer Jesse Campbell
Year of first production 1934
Year of last production 1944

Mining district

District name Mogollon Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ira Young
    Home office Deming, N.M.
    First year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Felix And Arment Menges
    First year 1978

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period 1934-1944
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Approximately 59.2% Caf2 Avg.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 59wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Total resources 38000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 30 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE DRILL INDICATED

Comments on the workings information

  • THE UNDERGROUND MINE WAS WORKED FROM TWO ADITS UTILIZING THE ROOM-AND-PILLAR EXTRACTION METHOD. A SMALL OPEN-PIT OPERATION WAS CONDUCTED NEAR THE SURFACE. NO DATA IS GIVEN AS TO THE LENGTH OF WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • USBM DRILLED 74 PERC. HOLES IN 1947; IRA YOUNG DRILLED 30 CORE HOLES IN 1972; LOUISIANA LAND AND EXPLORATION CO. DRILLED TWO SHALLOW PERC. HOLES NEAR PORTAL IN 1974.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, WN, 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 21-22.

  • Deposit

    RATTE, JC, ET AL, NMBMMR OPEN FILE REPT, 1972.

  • Deposit

    ARNOLD, R1, MS THESIS, UTEP, 1974.

  • Deposit

    SUR, FJ, 1947, NMBMMR REPT INV 4053.

  • Production

    MCANULTY, WN, 1978, P. 21.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OREBODIES RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM 3 TO 20 FT, AND AVERAGE 10 FT; MINE IS ON 16 UNPATENTED CLAIMS KNOWN AS THE LITTLE WHITEWATER GROUP.
Deposit EASTERN MARGIN OF MINERALIZED ZONE LIES WITHIN THE GILA WILDERNESS AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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