Bottleneck Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013645
MRDS ID D010056
Record type Site
Current site name Bottleneck Prospect
Related records 10295925

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.73666, 34.20703 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 8.5 MI S 70 W OF CORONA, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rough Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corona(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Sumner(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gallo Arroyo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 001S 011E 24 NE OF SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A COMPOSITE SAMPLE FROM NINE TRENCHES CONTAINED 47.94% CAF2, 21.12% BASO4, AND 25.2% SIO2.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 174
USGS model code 26b
Deposit model name Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Yeso
    Rock description Yeso
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.73666, 34.20703

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dome Structure Caused By A Syenitic Laccolith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nnw Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NNW
    Dip 40 SW
    Length 73.15M
    Width 12.19M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Fault In Favorable Sandstone-Limestone Host Unit.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gallinas Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Allied Chemical And Dye Corp.
    First year 1946

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 25 FT SHAFT, A 30 FT ADIT, 2 SHALLOW PITS, AND 4 TRENCHES DUG BY THE USBM IN 1943.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 116-118.

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 79-80

  • Deposit

    SOULE, JH, 1946, USBM RI 3854, P. 17.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORITE, BARITE, AND QUARTZ OCCUR IN A BRECCIATED FAULT ZONE CHIEFLY REPLACING THE LESS RESISTANT CONSTITUENTS OF THE SANDSTONE HOST AND BRECCIA FRAGMENTS. THE LIMESTONES HAVE BEEN MINERALIZED ONLY SLIGHTLY. THE ORE BODIES ALONG THE FAULT ARE EXTREMELY VARIABLE IN SIZE, SHAPE, AND CAF2 CONTENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references