| Deposit ID | 10087800 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009815 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Eighty-Five Prospect |
| Related records | 10223039 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.41752, 34.99674 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1935 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Bernalillo |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 009N | 005E | 20 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt |
| (1) | -106.41752, 34.99674 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | N 37 W Trending Fault |
| General form | LENSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 37 W |
| Dip | 82 NE |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1943 |
| Discoverer | J.E. Mock And Associates; Albuquerque, Nm. |
| District name | Manzanita Mountains Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Military Reservation |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. E. Mock And Associates |
| First year | 1943 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 7.32M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009815 |
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 13.
ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 42.
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1983 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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