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Lone Mountain Prospect 1966

Occurrence in Lincoln 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. 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 10013655
MRDS ID D010068
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Mountain Prospect 1966
Alternate or previous names Julia Ann Prospect 1946

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.75611, 33.76399 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position LOCATED ON THE SW SIDE OF LONE MOUNTAIN ABOUT 8 MI NORTH OF CARIZOZO, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lone Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carrizozo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

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 006S 011E 22 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1961)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A 4 FT CHIP SAMPLE FROM THE CUT CONTAINED 35.5% CAF2 AND 26.8% CACO3.

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.75611, 33.76399
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dome Structure Caused By A Tertiary Intrusive
Type of structure Local
Structure description N 35 E Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Fault In Favorable Limestone Host

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John W. House; Asbestos Mines, Inc.
    First year 1960

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 40 FT LONG SHALLOW OPENCUT AND AN ADIT WHICH REPORTEDLY CROSSES THE BRECCIA ZONE 130 FT BELOW THE CUT.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 81.

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 122.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORSPAR OCCURS WITH CALCITE IN A BRECCIATED ZONE IN LIMESTONE. THE VEIN, AVERAGING ABOUT 4 FT ACROSS, APPEARS TO HAVE FORMED BY THE INCOMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF BRECCIA FRAGMENTS.

Reporter information

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

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