Eighty-Five Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087800
MRDS ID D009815
Record type Site
Current site name Eighty-Five Prospect
Related records 10223039

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.41752, 34.99674 (WGS84)
Elevation 1935

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bernalillo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Washington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Belen(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

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 009N 005E 20 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • THE PROSPECT IS LOCATED ABOUT 0.4 MI SOUTH OF THE BLACKBIRD MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.41752, 34.99674

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N 37 W Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 37 W
    Dip 82 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1943
Discoverer J.E. Mock And Associates; Albuquerque, Nm.

Mining district

District name Manzanita Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. E. Mock And Associates
    First year 1943

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 7.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 50 FT INCLINE WAS SUNK TO A VERTICAL DEPTH OF 24 FT, AND A DRIFT EXTENDED FROM THE BOTTOM FOR 30 FT ALONG THE VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 13.

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 42.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN A VEIN IN A BRECCIATED ZONE IN BASALT AND SEYENITE. THE MINERALIZED ZONE REACHES A MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF 5 FT, AND FLUORSPAR FORMS LENSES AND VEINLETS AND OCCURS AS COATINGS ON BRECCIA FRAGMENTS OR AS GRANULAR CEMENTING MATERIAL.
Deposit ABOUT 650 FT SSE OF THE EIGHTY-FIVE SHAFT AN OLD SHAFT MARKS THE SITE OF A FORMER LEAD MINE. THE DUMP CONTAINED CONSIDERABLE FLUORITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references