Jackpot Prospect

Occurrence in Grant 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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013589
MRDS ID D009976
Record type Site
Current site name Jackpot Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.73619, 32.75344 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 6.5 MI NORTH OF REDROCK ON THE EAST SIDE OF REDROCK CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brushy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018S 018W 7 CENTER New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Psilomelane Ore

Analytical data

Result A CHIP SAMPLE FROM THE VEIN CONTAINED 53.2% CAFZ, 35.2% SIOZ, 0.5% CACO3, AND LESS THAN 0.1% BASO4.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.73619, 32.75344

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Vein

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 25 W
    Dip 75 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Red Rock

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sherman Harper
    Home office Arenas Valley, N.M.
    First year 1966

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHALLOW EXPLORATION PIT AND A 20 FT PIT.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY IS COVERED BY ONE CLAIM. GENERAL CHEMICAL CO. LEASED THE PROPERTY FOR A SHORT TIME DURING WORLD WAR II.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 34.

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, P. 163-164.

  • Deposit

    1978A, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN A 1.5 FT WIDE BRECCIATED VEIN WHICH IS EXPOSED FOR 50 FT. FLUORITE IS WHITE TO PALE GREEN, GRANULAR TO MEDIUM CUBIC CRYSTALLINE, AND OCCURS WITH RED JASPER IN GRANITE HOST ROCK.
Deposit RECORD # D011511 BY ROBERT C. DAVIES HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-83 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-84 Davies, Robert C. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-90 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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