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The Park Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013939
MRDS ID D010510
Record type Site
Current site name The Park Prospect
Alternate or previous names Hilltop Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.63642, 32.08486 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Relative position ABOUT 14.5 MILES S 30 E OF DEMING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 025S 008W 35 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Smithsonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Montoya Group;Fusselman Dolomite
    Rock description Montoya Group;Fusselman Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.63642, 32.08486
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 55 W
    Dip 65 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Florida Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Malin, A. J.
    First year 1958

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHORT ADITS AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 120 AND P. 127-128

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM IN 1958.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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

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