| Deposit ID | 10013935 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010502 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gratton Fluorspar Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Sadler No. 2 Mine, Deckart Shaft, Spar Nos. 1,2, and 3 Claims |
| Related records | 10151121 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.7281, 32.41235 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1600 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 10 MILES N 10 E OF DEMING. |
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)
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Luna |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 022S | 009W | 12 | NW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Chert | Gangue |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | Mancos Shale and Beartooth and Sarten Formations |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Deposits Occur In A Brecciated Zone Along The East Side Of The Bas Alt Dike. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 30 W |
| Dip | 70 TO 85 NE |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Length | 457.2M |
| Depth to bottom | 132.28M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1909 |
| Discoverer | G.M. Sadler |
| Year of first production | 1934 |
| Year of last production | 1951 |
| District name | Fluorite Ridge District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Antonio Cristo |
| First year | 1951 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | P. L. Grattan (Estate) |
| First year | 1961 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 434M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010502 |
JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 97-99
ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 139-140
GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 112-114
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 82-84
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
DARTON, N.H., 1916, USGS BULL. 618, P. 77-79.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN A VEIN THAT OCCUPIES A CROOKED BRECCIA ZONE ADJACENT TO AND WITHIN A BASALT DIKE THAT CUTS A MONZONITE PORPHYRY STOCK AND TRENDS IRREGULARLY NORTH AND THEN, BEYOND THE NORTHERN END OF THE GRATTAN WORKINGS, NORTHWEST. THE VEIN DIPS STEEPLY EAST AND GENERALLY FOLLOWS THE EAST SIDE OF THE DIKE. THE ORE MINERAL IS WHITE TO PALE GREEN, DENSE OR GRANULAR TO COARSELY CRYSTALLINE, AND IS INTERGROWN WITH CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ AND CHERT. THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D010079 BY RONALD G. WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1983 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1983 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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