| Deposit ID | 10013654 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010067 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Red Cloud Mine |
| Related records | 10150086 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.74361, 34.19731 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2316 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | 9.5 MI S 75 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 | 011E | 25 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| REE Critical | Tertiary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Bastnasite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | TWO COMPOSITE SAMPLES WERE ASSAYED BY THE USBM. ONE, REPRESENTING SIX SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM THE OUTCROP, CONTAINED 52.07% CAF2 AND 17.62% BASO4. THE OTHER, REPRESENTING THREE SAMPLES FROM THE 35 FT LEVEL, CONTAINED 46.14% CAF AND 28.56% BASO4. |
|---|
| 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 |
| (1) | -105.74361, 34.19731 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Dome Structure Caused By A Syenitic Laccolith. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | An Ene And Nnw Trending Faults |
| General form | IRREGULAR MANTO |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 15.24M |
| Length | 51.82M |
| Width | 19.81M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 15.24M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| Year of first production | 1952 |
| Year of last production | 1952 |
| District name | Gallinas Mining District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Blm Roswell Resource Area |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | C. S. Thomas (Red Cloud Claim); William E. Heim (Conquerer No. 9 Claim) |
| First year | 1966 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 33.53M |
| Overall length | 67.06M |
| Overall width | 36.58M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010067 |
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 76.
ROTHROCK, HE, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 110-113.
SOULE, JH, 1946, USBM R I 3854, P. 7.
GRISWOLD, GB, 1959, NMBMMR BULL 67.
GRISWOLD, GB, 1959.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A BRECCIATED AND ALTERED SANDSTONE BODY THAT EXTENDS ACROSS THE COMMON BOUNDARY OF THE RED CLOUD AND CONQUERER NO. 9 CLAIMS. AN IRREGULAR FLUORSPAR BODY 65 FT BY 50 FT DEEP EXTENDS ABOUT 170 FT EAST-WEST. FLUORITE IS ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ, BARITE, CALCITE, SOME PYRITE, LIMONITE, BARYTOCELESTITE, AND THE RARE-EARTH MINERAL BASTNASITE. THE AVERAGE BASTINASITE CONTENT IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 5% BY VOLUME AND ITS AREA OF MINERALIZATION EXTENDS BEYOND THE AREA OF FLUORITIZATION. THE FLUORITE ORE IS IN AN AGGREGATE OF FRAGMENTS OF DENSE FINE-GRAINED PURPLE FLUORSPAR AND ROCK IN A SOFT FE-STAINED MATRIX OF LOOSELY CEMENTED TINY FLUORITE CRYSTALS, GRANULATED BARITE, AND CLAY. THE MINERALIZED BRECCIATED ZONE LIES JUST WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF A NNW TRENDING FAULT AND AN ENE TRENDING FAULT. THE UPPER PORTION OF THE ORE BODY HAS BEEN ERODED AWAY. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1983 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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