| Deposit ID | 10013586 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009970 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blue Spar Deposit |
| Related records | 10174268 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.50534, 33.04567 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 0.5 MI NORTH OF THE CLUM MINE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Canteen Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Gila(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 014S | 016W | 33 | NW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Result | A CHIP SAMPLE TAKEN FROM THE FACE OF THE 75 FT ADIT CONTAINED 84.2% CAFZ, 11.3% SIO2, AND 0.4% CACO3. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite |
| (1) | -108.50534, 33.04567 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | North Trending Fault |
| General form | TABULAR |
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| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discoverer | W.A. Howard; Cliff, Nm. |
| Year of first production | 1946 |
| Year of last production | 1948 |
| District name | Gila Mining District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. A. Howard |
| Home office | Cliff, N.M. |
| First year | 1966 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009970 |
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P.41.
ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21.
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 41.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MANY SMALL NORTH-TRENDING BRECCIA ZONES IN LATITE CONTAIN VEINS OF FLUORITE. TWO VEINS, THE EAST VEIN AND THE WEST VEIN, HAVE BEEN EXPLORED. FLUORITE IN THE WEST VEIN IS SUGARY TO MEDIUM, FILLING A VEIN THAT TAPERS IN WIDTH ALONG THE OUTCROP FROM 6 FT AT THE SHAFT TO 1 FT AT A POINT 195 FT SOUTH. THE VEIN IS NOT TRACEABLE NORTH OF THE SHAFT. A 75 FT ADIT ON THE EAST VEIN EXPOSES A 6 TO 14 IN VEIN OF COARSELY CRYSTALLINE BLUE TO GREEN FLUORITE. ABOUT 400 FT TO THE SOUTH A 30 FT ADIT EXPOSES 'A 4 TO 6 FT WIDE BRECCIA ZONE. NUMEROUS SMALL WORKINGS SHOW ORE AT INTERVALS ALONG THE EAST VEIN FOR A LENGTH OF 1500 FT. FLUORSPAR OCCURSIN LENSES AND POCKETS IN GOUGE MATERIAL, AND IN FISSURES PARALLELING THE FAULT ZONE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1983 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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