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Mccory Prospects

Occurrence in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Thorium
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014948
MRDS ID DAV0037
Record type Site
Current site name Mccory Prospects
Related records 10150515

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.42971, 33.64204 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Encinoso(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carrizozo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arroyo Del Macho(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lincoln National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Capitan Mountains Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
7S 14E 36 NW4 OF SE4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREAVEIN SEEN LIKE AT BARRY PROSPECT. CUTS AND TRENCHES HAVE BEEN DUG.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Alaskite Fragments In The Breccia Have Been Kaolinized. Interstices Of The Breccia Are Filled With Vuggy Quartz, Tourmaline, And Purple Fluorite.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 29
USGS model code 11c
Deposit model name Alkaline complex associated zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.42971, 33.64204
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Capitan Laccolith

Ore body information

  • General form BRECCIA VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures Or Shears

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALASKITE HAS BEEN KAOLINIZED; VUGGY QUARTZ, TOURMALINE, PURPLE FLUORITE IN BRECCIA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Mining district

District name Capitan Mountains

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P. MCLEMORE, V.T., 1981, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 155, 267 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S
Deposit UP TO 64 TIMES BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Sutphin, David M. 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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