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Nakaye Mine

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Manganese
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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. Host and associated rocks
  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. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072168
MRDS ID W016595
Record type Site
Current site name Nakaye Mine
Alternate or previous names Alamo Mine: Nakaye Group 1918, Alamo Group 1930, Principal Claims: Nakaye No 1, Nakaye No 2, Nakaye No 3, Nakaye No 4, Nakaye No 7, Nakaye No 9, Alamo No 1, Alamo No 2, Alamo No 3, Cuesta Mala, Nakaye No 5
Related records 10223675

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.24337, 32.82206 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 20 MILES DUE SOUTH OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McLeod Tank(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(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 Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 004W 15,16,21,22 New Mexico

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE FLUORITE IS SUGARY TO COARSELY CRYSTALLINE AND PALE GREEN, BROWN, DARK BLUE, OR WHITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Barite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Magdalena Group;Nakaye;Red House Formation
    Rock description Magdalena Group;Nakaye;Red House Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.24337, 32.82206
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description East-West Trending Nakaye Fault And Other Parallel Faults Cut The Nakaye Mountain Horst Block. Smaller Cross Faults Trend From Northwest To Northeast. Sizable Bodies Of Jasperoid, Both Discordant And Concordant, Occur Within The Nakaye Formation.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Deposition Controlled By Factors Such As Fault And Fracture Pathways For Mineralized Solutions, Impervious Shale Layers Which Trapped Ascending Solutions And Favorable Host Rocks For Replacement Processes.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1920
Year of last production 1952

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Blanchard Hanson And B. A. Luchini
    First year 1952
  • Type Owner
    Owner Luchini, B. W.
    First year 1978

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURE IS TOTAL PRODUCTION ESTIMATED IN 1978.
  • TOTAL PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $20,000,000. DREDGE PRODUCTION, 1916-1942, TOTALED 123,911 TOZ AU AND 13,066 TOZ AG

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Total resources 4000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 35 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE ESTIMATE IS PROBABLE GEOLOGIC RESERVES.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING CONSIST OF THREE INACCESSIBLE SHAFTS, FIVE ADITS LESS THAN 100 FT IN LENGTH, TWO OPEN CUTS ALONG THE NAKAYE FAULT AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW PITS.
  • INCLUDED PLACERING ALONG JOHN DAY RIVER FROM THE MOUTH OF DEAN CK TO MOUNT VERNON & IN CANYON CK. OLDER BENCH GRAVELS ALONG THE N FLANK OF THE STRAWBERRY MTNS FROM PRARIE DIGGINGS TO CANYON CITY WERE LARGRLY HYDRAULIC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTON, W.D., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P50

  • Deposit

    TALMAGE, S.B. AND, WOOTTON, T.P., 1937 NMBMMR BULL 12, P79

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC8307, P112

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEMOIR 34, P44

  • Production

    MCANULTY, 1978, P. 43, P. 46.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MCANULTY, 1978.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS ARE CONCORDANT BEDDED REPLACEMENTS OF LIMESTONE OF RED HOUSE FORMATION (AT LEAST 3 INTERVALS) AND SHALE RANGING FROM NEARLY ZERO TO 5 FT IN THICKNESS. STRATIFORM REPLACEMENT FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN AT LEAST THREE STRATIGRAPHIC INTERVALS. FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS ALSO OCCUR IN JASPEROID VEINS AND PODS ALONG FAULTS AND SHEAR ZONES. 11 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING APPROXIMATELY 200 ACRES.
Deposit SEPARATE RECORDS FOR PRARIE DIGGINGS,MARYSVILLE PLACERS, CANYON CITY PLACERS, ST. MARIE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-FEB-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-NOV-1991 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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