Darrel Prospect

Occurrence in Bernalillo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead
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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087752
MRDS ID D009063
Record type Site
Current site name Darrel Prospect
Related records 10247394, 10246948

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.39752, 35.19645 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 16 MILES N 62 E OF ALBUQUERQUE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bernalillo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sandia Crest(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Santa Fe(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Bernalillo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 011N 005E 9 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • REPORTED TO BE LOCATED NEAR THE TOP OF TECOLOTE PEAK ON THE EAST FLANK OF THE SANDIA MOUNTAINS. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.39752, 35.19645

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N 10 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 45.72M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Placitas District: Sandia Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edgar Darrel
    Home office Albuquerque, N.M.
    First year 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF 3 SHALLOW SHAFTS ABOUT 25 FT. TO 30 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 39-40

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P.11

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., AND NORTHROP, S.A., 1975 NMBMMR MEM 29, P. 101

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO NEARLY VERTICAL, FILLED FISSURE VEINS STRIKE NORTHWEST AND ARE 75 TO 100 FT. APART. BOTH VEINS PINCH OUT OCCASIONALLY AND OCCUR IN LENSES UP TO 5 FT. THICK.
Deposit RECORD # D009821 BY JERRY L. HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JAN-83 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-FEB-90 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references