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Harper Prospect

Occurrence in Grant 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013592
MRDS ID D009979
Record type Site
Current site name Harper Prospect
Related records 10247116

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.71174, 32.74511 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 4.5 MI N 20 E OF REDROCK, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redrock(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 16 NW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.71174, 32.74511
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.25M

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 (Ricolite)

Ownership information

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

Comments on the workings information

  • A 4 TO 5 FT OPENCUT 2 TO 3 FT DEEP ACROSS THE VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 31.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE FLUORSPAR IS FINELY GRANULAR SUGAR SPAR IN A VEIN 8 TO 10 IN WIDE TRENDING N 30 E AND DIPPING VERTICALLY.
Deposit RECORD # D011512 BY ROBERT C. DAVIES HAS BEEN INCORPORATED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-MAY-1984 Davies, Robert C. (Worl, Ron) New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-FEB-1990 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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