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Fillmore Canyon Prospect

Occurrence in Dona Ana 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013578
MRDS ID D009954
Record type Site
Current site name Fillmore Canyon Prospect
Related records 10222889

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.57696, 32.34041 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 7 MILES S 10 E OF ORGAN, NEW MEXICO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Organ Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023S 004E 06 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • 200 FT SOUTH OF OLD OREJON LEAD MINE IN FILLMORE CANYON ON THE WEST SLOPE OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hueco Limestone
    Rock description Hueco Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.57696, 32.34041
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mcanulty (1978) Indicates That The Fillmore Canyon Prospect Lies Within The Resurgent Organ Mtn. Caldera.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Modoc Fault

Ore body information

  • General form PODS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault, Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Organ Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Daniel J. Ford
    Home office Las Cruces, N.M.
    First year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, WN, 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 29

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN LIMESTONE IN SMALL PODS AND REPLACEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH JASPEROID IN THE FOOTWALL OF THE MODOC FAULT. FLUORITE IS FINE TO MEDIUM - GRAINED AND INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE QUARTZ.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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