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San Juan Mine

Occurrence in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013659
MRDS ID D010073
Record type Site
Current site name San Juan Mine
Related records 10271805

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.70699, 32.39541 (WGS84)
Elevation 1439
Relative position 10 MI N 08 E OF DEMING, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Massacre Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deming(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022S 008W 18 E2 OF NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • 0.25 MI NW OF THE GREENLEAF MINE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.70699, 32.39541
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nne Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, STRINGERS
    Strike N 10 E TO N 15 E (PARALLEL VEINS)
    Dip 65 TO 85 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fluorite Ridge Area (Southeast Group)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Cooper Shapely
    Home office Deming, N.M.
    First year 1961

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST OF THE WORKINGS ARE IN MONZONITE PORPHYRY. TWO NEARLY PARALLEL VEINS, 50 TO 90 FT APART TREND N 10 TO 15 E AND DIP 65 TO 85 E. THE MAJOR WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 SHAFTS, 620 FT APART, AND AT LEAST 24 OTHER EXCAVATIONS, INCLUDING 4 PITS FROM 20 TO 50 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 88-89.

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, HE, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 136-137.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN SMALL LENSES AND NARROW STRINGERS ALONG FISSURE FAULT PLANES. IT IS MEDIUM TO COARSE-GRAINED, AND WHITE TO PALE GREEN, DILUTED BY FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ. NUMEROUS BRANCHING QUARTZ VEINS, SOME WITH MINOR BARITE ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.

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.

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