| Deposit ID | 10013590 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009977 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hummingbird Mine |
| Related records | 10126419 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.61452, 32.70428 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1539 |
| Relative position | 7 MI N 85 E FROM REDROCK, NM., ABOUT 20.5 MILES S 75 W OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bullard Peak(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
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 018S | 017W | 32,29 | NE OF NE (32); SE (29) | New Mexico |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | A GRAB SAMPLE FROM AN ORE PILE CONTAINED 88.5% CAFZ, 4.3% S102, AND 3.3% BAS04. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -108.61452, 32.70428 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Three Intersecting Faults Forming A Triangle Of Fluorite Mineralization. |
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N40W TO N52W; N2E TO N10E; N16W |
| Dip | VERTICAL; VERTICAL; VERTICAL |
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N40W TO N52W; N2E TO N10E; N16W |
| Dip | VERTICAL; VERTICAL; VERTICAL |
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL, IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N40W TO N52W; N2E TO N10E; N16W |
| Dip | VERTICAL; VERTICAL; VERTICAL |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1947 |
| Year of last production | 1953 |
| District name | Burro Mountains (Telegraph) |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | John Wright And C.F. Anderson |
| First year | 1953 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 124.97M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009977 |
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 33-34.
MCANULTY, W.N., 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 17.
HEDLUND, D.C., 1980, USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1264.
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
1978A, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 32.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AT LEAST THREE INTERSECTING VEINS OF HIGHLY SILICIC AND BRECCIATED FLUORSPAR OCCUR IN SHATTERED ZONES IN COARSE-GRAINED PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE. THE TOTAL TRACEABLE EXTENT OF THE MAIN VEIN (N10E) IS ABOUT 700 FT. THE FLUORITE IS WHITE TO PALE GREEN, SHOWING BANDS OF PURPLE WHERE EXPOSED IN FISSURES. IT IS WHITE AND MIXED WITH MICROCRYSTALLING QUARTZ IN BRECCIA ZONES. TEXTURES RANGE FROM GRANULAR IN BRECCIA ZONES TO MEDIUM CUBIC CRYSTALLINE IN FISSURES. VEINS APPEAR AS AGGREGATES OF STRINGERS WITH A TOTAL WIDTH FROM LESS THAN AN INCH TO 5.5 FT. MINERALIZATION IS KNOWN FOR AT LEAST 380 FT SOUTH OF EXISTING WORKINGS ON THE MAIN VEIN, WHERE A SMALL PIT EXPOSES A HIGHLY BRECCIATED ZONE ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN AT LEAST 50% CAF2. |
| Deposit | RECORD # D009761 BY DAVID MENZIE AND RECORD # D011510 BY ROBERT DAVIES HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-83 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-84 | Davies, Robert C. (Worl, Ron) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-82 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-90 | Bolm, Karen S. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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