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Greenleaf Fluorspar Mine

Past Producer in Luna 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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069414
MRDS ID W006934
Record type Site
Current site name Greenleaf Fluorspar Mine
Alternate or previous names Howard Mine, Greenleaf Nos. 1 - 4
Related records 10248436

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.70727, 32.39346 (WGS84)
Elevation 1425
Relative position ABOUT 9.5 MILES N 20 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

Massacre 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022S 008W 18 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE MASSACRE PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Gila Conglomerate
    Rock description Gila Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.70727, 32.39346
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cooks Range Mountains To The Northeast

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 - 30 DEG E
    Dip 60 - 90 DEG E
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 121.92M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Normal Fault Zone - Grandiorite Porphyry Was Most Favorable Host Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Discoverer Joe Baca
Year of first production 1939
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Fluorite Ridge District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. A. White And R. W. Mathis, Silver City, N. W.
    First year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cleveland Flux Co. (Mid 1950'S)

Production statistics

  • Year 1959
    Period 1944 To 1959
    Material ORE F
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^50 To 70 % Caf2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 60wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION PERIODS WERE 1939 TO 1942 (20000 TONS); 1944 TO 1945 (1544 TONS); 1947 TO 1948 (609 TONS); 1949 (4800 TONS); AND 1950 TO 1954 (14939 TONS). AN ADDITIONAL 200 TONS WAS TAKEN FROM THE GREENLEAF AND PURPLE PANSY IN 1959.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF A 500 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH EIGHT LEVELS CONTAINING MORE THAN 3000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: WATER INFLOW WAS ENCOUNTERED BELOW 111.5 M. AND 151 LITERS/MIN RECORDED AT 120.5 M.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G. B., 1961, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: N. MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MIN. RES. BULL. 72, P. 109 - 112

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H. E., JOHNSON, C. H. AND HAHN, A. D., 1946, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: N. MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MIN. RES. BULL. 21 P. 133 - 136 AND 201 - 202

  • Deposit

    RUSSELL, P. L., 1947, EXPLORATION OF FLUORITE RIDGE FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. OF INVEST. 3987

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUR. OF MINES INFO CIRC. 8307 P. 89 - 91

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    1943 DIREXPL U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, RUSSELI, P. L.

  • Deposit

    1943 GEOLMAP ROTHROCK, H. E.; EARHART, R. H.; GRUNIG, J. K.

  • Production

    ROTHROCK, H. E., 1946, FLUORSPAR RES. OF N. MEXICO; WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, E. DEP. N. MEXICO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARALLEL VEINS AND LENSES ALONG A NORMAL FAULT. ORE SHOOTS UP TO 15 FT. THICK BUT AVERAGED ABOUT 6 FT. THICK. FIVE UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 97 ACRES, MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2226.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D003034 BY J. WILLIAM HASLER WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-75 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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