Apache Prospect

Past Producer in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013681
MRDS ID D010104
Record type Site
Current site name Apache Prospect
Related records 10151431

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.59587, 32.23263 (WGS84)
Elevation 1317
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 11 MI S 75 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

Florida Gap(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 024S 007W 07 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS THE FLORIDA MINE PROPERTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.59587, 32.23263

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures In Volcanic Agglomerate

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Discoverer Pete Dominguez; Deming, Nm.
Year of first production 1951
Year of last production 1953

Mining district

District name Little Florida Mountains Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Pete Dominguez
    First year 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 93

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 93.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORSPAR, LIKE THAT IN THE FLORIDA MINE, OCCURS IN FISSURES IN TERTIARY VOLCANIC AGGLOMERATE.
Deposit SEE FLORIDA MINE DESCRIPTION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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