La Bonita Prospect

Occurrence in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
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. 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 10067182
MRDS ID US35029
Record type Site
Current site name La Bonita Prospect
Alternate or previous names Tienaja Claims
Related records 10248124

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.79975, 34.0687 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position ABOUT 5.5 MILES N 82 E OF SOCORRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Loma De Las Canas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(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 Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 003S 001E 11,12 NE OF NW New Mexico

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 125

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result FOUR SAMPLES FROM TWO OREBODIES AVERAGED 22.7 % BASO4 AND 23.1 % CAF2.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Magdalena Limestone
    Rock description Magdalena Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.79975, 34.0687

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N 25 W
    Dip 60 TO 65 SW
    Thickness 0.76M
    Length 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.ENV: PLATFORM COVER ROCKS INCL COAST PLNS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Arroyo De La Parida Area: Chupadero District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Humphreys Gold Corp. Of Denver, Colo. (1940'S)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Pete Innerbichler And Associates (1940'S)

Comments on the workings information

  • THE TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE SHOWS A NORTHWEST TRENDING ADIT AT THE LA BONITA PROSPECT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 173-175

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 34

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 124-125

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 20

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHORT NARROW LENSES OF ORE OCCUR ALONG TWO NORTHWEST STRIKING FAULTS. THE THREE LARGEST LENSES RANGE FROM 85 FT. TO 150 FT. LONG AND FROM 1.7 FT. TO 2.5 FT. THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-74 Unknown New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-NOV-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references