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Huckleberry Mine

Occurrence in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067183
MRDS ID US35038
Record type Site
Current site name Huckleberry Mine
Alternate or previous names Huckleberry Spar Mine, Whitewater Prospect, Or Big Spar Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.81731, 33.26677 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holt Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Gila Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Rio Arriba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) East-West To N 45 W

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Cooney Quartz Latite Tuff
    Rock description Cooney Quartz Latite Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.81731, 33.26677
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip HORIZONTAL TO 20 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ira Young, Deming, N. M.
    First year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Felix And Arment Menges, Glenwood And Reserve, N. M.
    First year 1978

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Total resources 38000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 30 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 44-46

  • Deposit

    SUR, F.J., 1947 USBM RI-4053, 11 PAGES

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 14-15

  • Deposit

    RATTE, J.C., ET AL, 1979 USGS BULL 1451, P. 117-118

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 21-22

  • Deposit

    ARNOLD, R.I., 1974 M.S. THESIS UNIV. OF TEXAS AT EL PASO, 63 PAGES

  • Production

    MCANULTY, W.N., 1978, P. 21.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Unknown New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Unknown New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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