| Deposit ID | 10013572 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009940 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Athena Prospects |
| Related records | 10222862 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.48894, 31.57043 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | 22.5 MI S25E OF ANIMAS, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hidalgo(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
U Bar Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Playas Lake(hydrologic unit)
Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Hidalgo |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 031S | 018W | 34 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Malachite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | A COMPOSITE SAMPLE FROM SHAFTS ON ATHENA NO. 1 PROSPECT AVERAGED 33.40% CAF2, 2.71% CAC03, 58.84% 5102 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Walnut Wells Stock | ||||||
| Rock description | Walnut Wells Stock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Horquilla;U-Bar |
| Rock description | Horquilla;U-Bar |
| (1) | -108.48894, 31.57043 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne Trending Winkler Anticline. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ne And Nw Trending Faults |
| General form | IRREGULAR MANTOS |
|---|---|
| Strike | U-BAR FAULT, NE; SEVERAL OTHERS, NW |
| Dip | VERTICAL; VERTICAL |
| Thickness | 10.67M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| General form | IRREGULAR MANTOS |
|---|---|
| Strike | U-BAR FAULT, NE; SEVERAL OTHERS, NW |
| Dip | VERTICAL; VERTICAL |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1969 |
| Discoverer | Fred C. Leach |
| Year of first production | 1972 |
| Year of last production | 1975 |
| District name | Animas Mountains, Winkler Anticline Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Rangaire Corp. |
| Home office | Cleburne, Tx. |
| First year | 1975 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Fred C. Leach |
| First year | 1975 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009940 |
MCANULTY, WN, 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 35-37.
ELLIS, RD, 1971, MS THESIS, UTEP.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZED ZONES IN BRECCIATED ROCK ALONG DISCORDANT FAULTS AND BEDDING-PLANE FAULTS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING MINERALS: FLUORITE, CALCITE, QUARTZ (BOTH COARSE AND CRYPTOCRYSTALLING VARIETIES), AZURITE, MALACHITE, CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, AND REPORTEDLY CERARGYRITE. FLUORITE OCCURS AS AS EUHEDRAL TO SUBHEDRAL AND MASSIVE COARSE-CRYSTALLINE AGGREGATES, AND TO A MINOR EXTENT, AS FINE-GRAINED REPLACEMENT MATERIAL. COLORS INCLUDE CLEAR, GREEN, WHITE, AND PURPLE. THE ATHENA PROSPECT IS IN TWO AREAS: ATHENA NO. 1 PROSPECT WHERE SOME ORE HAS BEEN MINED, AND ATHENA NO. 2 PROSPECT ABOUT 1200 FT TO THE SOUTH. MOST OF THE FLUORITE IS COARSE-GRAINED, FILLING VOIDS IN SILICA REPLACED LIMESTONE (JASPEROID); LESSER AMOUNTS OCCUR IN VEINS ALONG FAULTS, PRINCIPALLY VIOD-FILLING, BUT ALSO AS MINOR WALLROCK REPLACEMENT. FLUORSPAR-BEARING JASPERIOD BODIES RANGE FROM 0 TO 38 FT THICK AND AVERAGE 20 FT. APPROXIMATELY 150,000 TONS OF JASPERIOD ROCK CONTAINING 25 TO 35% CAF2 WERE FOUND BY DRILLING OUTCROP AREAS ON |
| Deposit | THE ATHENA PROSPECTS. CHANGES ARE GOOD FOR DISCOVERY OF A MU CH LARGER TONNAGE OF SIMILAR ROCK BY DRILLING DOWNDIP FROM THE OUTCROPS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1983 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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