| Deposit ID | 10013679 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010101 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | White Bluff Prospect |
| Related records | 10295964 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.75754, 31.99042 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | 19 MI S 05 E OF DEMING, NM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Luna(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
West Lime Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Columbus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
El Paso(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Mimbres(hydrologic unit)
Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Luna |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 027S;027S | 008W;009W | 06,07;01,12 | SW (06); NW (07); SE (01); NE (12) | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | TWO SAMPLES FROM THE JASPERIZED AREA AVERAGED 48.6% CAF2, 45.9% SIO2, AND 3.1% CACO3. TWO SAMPLES FROM BRECCIA IN LAKE VALLEY LIMESTONE AVERAGED 50.6% CAF2, 40.5% SIO2, AND 7.4% CACO3. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||
| Rock unit name | Lake Valley Limestone | ||
| Rock description | Lake Valley Limestone | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -107.75754, 31.99042 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nw Trending Basin And Range Fault |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Nw Trending Fault |
| General form | PODS, LENSES |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | James E. Wilson |
| Home office | Brady, Tx. |
| First year | 1978 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Barbara L. And Frances Leach |
| Home office | Deming, N.M. |
| First year | 1978 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010101 |
MCANULTY, WN, 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 41
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PENNSYVANIAN-PERMIAN ROCKS ARE STRONGLY JASPERIZED IN A SWATH 50 TO 200 FT WIDE FOR A DISTANCE OF SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET ADJACENT TO A NW TRENDING BASIN AND RANGE FAULT WHICH BRINGS THE PENN-PERM ROCKS IN CONTACT WITH TERTIARY GILA CONGLOMERATE. THIS JASPERIZED AREA CONSTITUTES THE PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF FLUORSPAR ON THE CLAIMS. MOST, IF NOT ALL OF SEVERAL ARROYOS IN THE AREA ARE DEVELOPED ON FAULTS. A LINEAR, BRECCIATED ZONE IN THE LAKE VALLEY LIMESTONE ALONGSIDE ONE FAULT-CONTROLLED ARROYO IN THE SW CORNER OF THE PROPERTY IS STRONGLY MINERALIZED WITH FLUORITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1983 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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