Red Hill Prospect

Occurrence in Bernalillo 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10013495
MRDS ID D009813
Record type Site
Current site name Red Hill Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.42419, 35.00785 (WGS84)
Elevation 1893

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bernalillo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tijeras(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola 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 Bernalillo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 009N 005E 17 CENTER New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • THE PROSPECT IS LOCATED ABOUT 0.6 MI NW OF THE BLACKBIRD MINE SHAFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A CHANNEL SAMPLE ACROSS THE VEIN CONTAINED 38.6% CAF2.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.42419, 35.00785

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N 43 W Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 43 W
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Along Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1943
Discoverer J.E. Mock And Associates; Albuquerque, Nm
Year of first production 1943
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name Manzanita Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner American Fluorspar Co.
    Home office Truth Or Consequences, N.M.
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. E. Mock And Associates
    First year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • SOME OF THIS PRODUCTION MAY HAVE COME FROM THE EIGHTY-FIVE PROSPECT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 12.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 42 FT SHAFT AND SEVERAL TRENCHES ALONG THE VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 12.

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, HE, ET AT, 1946. NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 42.

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 12.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A VERTICAL VEIN STRIKES N 43 W IN A FAULT BRECCIA IN SEYENITE HOST ROCK. A 10 IN HANGING WALL VEIN ARE AN 8 IN FOOTWALL VEIN, SEPARATED BY ABOUT 3 FT OF PARTIALLY REPLACED BRECCIA CEMENTED WITH QUARTZ AND FLUORSPAR IS EXPOSED IN THE SHAFT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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