| Deposit ID | 10013580 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009960 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | American Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.37756, 32.55068 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1600 |
| Relative position | 12.5 MI S05W OF WHITE SIGNAL, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Burro Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Mimbres(hydrologic unit)
Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 022S | 015W | 15 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | A 2 FT CHIP SAMPLE FROM A CUT CONTAINED 47.0% CAF2, 43.4% S102, 0.45% CAC03, AND LESS THAN 0.1% BAS04 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -108.37756, 32.55068 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Four Faults Striking From N25e To N30w. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N25E TO N30W |
| Dip | VARIABLE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1943 |
| Discoverer | A. B. Marin (Locator) |
| Year of first production | 1953 |
| Year of last production | 1953 |
| District name | Gold Hills Mining District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Marin, A. B. |
| First year | 1953 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Marin, A. B. |
| First year | 1943 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009960 |
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 50
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 50.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FLUORSPAR OCCURS AS OPEN SPACE FILLING IN VEINS AND AS CEMENTING MATERIAL FOR BRECCIA FRAGMENTS IN BRECCIA ZONES AS MUCH AS 30 FT WIDE. THESE VEINS ARE IN FOUR FAULT ZONES WITH STRIKES RANGING FROM N 25 E TO N 30 W. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THESE FAULTS ARE MORE OR LESS SPLIT FAULTS EXTENDING FROM THE FOOTWALL SIDE OF THE MALONE FAULT, A STRUCTURE ABOUT 300 FT EASTWARD FROM THE AMERICAN DEPOSIT WORKINGS. THE ORE CONTAINS COARSELY CRYSTALLINE, GREEN AND WHITE FLUORITE, DILUTED BY SILICA. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1983 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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