| Deposit ID | 10013646 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010057 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Eureka Prospect |
| Related records | 10150164 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.73388, 34.20148 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2286 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | 8.5 MI S 70 W OF CORONA, NM. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Lincoln |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 001S | 012E | 19 | SW OF SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | A COMPOSITE SAMPLE CONTAINED 43.8% CAF2, 10.8% SIO2, 25.5% BASO4, AND 5.5% CAO. |
|---|
| Model code | 174 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 26b |
| Deposit model name | Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins) |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite | ||||||
| |||||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -105.73388, 34.20148 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Dome Structure Caused By A Syenitic Laccolith |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | N 70 W Trending Fault |
| General form | LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 70 W |
| Dip | STEEPLY SE |
| Length | 45.72M |
| Width | 1.83M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Gallinas Mining District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Blm Roswell Resource Area |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Adele Lehman And Edna Lehman Davis |
| Home office | Alhambra, Ca. |
| First year | 1966 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010057 |
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 80.
ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 121.
SOULE, JH, 1946, USBM R I 3854, P. 8.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN ONE OF MANY LOCAL FAULTS IN QUARTZITE. BRECCIA FRAGMENTS ARE PARTIALLY CEMENTED AND REPLACED BY A FINELY GRANULAR MATRIX OF PURPLE FLUORITE, BARITE, AND CALCITE. TRENCHING DONE BY THE USBM IN 1943 DISCLOSED SIX SMALL FLUORSPAR ORE BODIES TOTALING 150 FT IN LENGTH. CHRYSOCOLLA AND TRACES OF GALENA ACCOMPANY THE FLUORSPAR. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1983 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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