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Miera Prospect

Occurrence in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, 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. 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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013676
MRDS ID D010094
Record type Site
Current site name Miera Prospect
Related records 10272432

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.37418, 33.80149 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 13 MI N 05 E OF OSCURA PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Spring Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oscura Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jornada Del Muerto(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 006S 005E 12 E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ON WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1948)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore

Analytical data

Result A CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 7.1% CAF2.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.37418, 33.80149
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N-S Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fissure In Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 126

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A MINOR AMOUNT OF FLUORSPAR OCCURS WITH BARITE IN A NORTH TRENDING FAULT FISSURE IN LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-83 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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