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Bear Canyon Lower Contact Deposit

Occurrence in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062747
MRDS ID TC36297
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Canyon Lower Contact Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.43862, 32.53207 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bennett Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sands(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 20S 05E 28,33 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name El Paso Limestone Formation
    Rock description El Paso Limestone Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.43862, 32.53207
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BARITE RESERVE IDENTIFIED, GALENA PERHAPS A BY PRODUCT.

Comments on development

  • HOLES AND SHAFTS IN 1935.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURS IN LIMESTONE FRAGMENTS IN LOW ANGLE FAULT BRECCIA AND IN LIMESTONE BEDS ABOVE AND BELOW FAULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. (Sutphin, D.) U.S. Geological Survey

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