Landsend Prospect

Occurrence in Sandoval county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, 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. 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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087964
MRDS ID D011250
Record type Site
Current site name Landsend Prospect
Alternate or previous names Prospect: the Lone Star Group, Claims: Landsend No.1-2, Landsend No.2-3, Lone Star Group 15 Claims
Related records 10223487

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.43252, 35.24589 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 8 MILES S 53 E OF BERNALILLO, NM, Within A Radius Of 2000 Feet., Within A Radius Of 2000 Feet., Within A Radius Of 2000 Feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sandoval(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 Sandoval

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 012N 005E 29 NE OF NW OF NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY KELLEY AND NORTHRUP (1975, P. 105). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) A Significant Amount Of Gossan Suggests Former Pyrite. No Copper Minerals Observed (Kelley & Northrup, 1975, P.105)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madera
    Rock description Madera
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.43252, 35.24589

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sandia Uplift-East Side Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description A Small Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 52 W
    Dip FLAT TO SLIGHT NE DIP
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 213.36M
    Width 38.1M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A Small Fault And Favorable Limestone Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Barite Corporation Of America

Mining district

District name Placitas District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Howard S. Mckenzie
    Home office Albuquerque, N.M.
    First year 1964

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AT LEAST EIGHT BULLDOZER CUTS, SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND SOME DRILLHOLES. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FOR THE DRILLHOLES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C. AND S.A. NORTHRUP, 1975, NMBMMR MEM 29, P.77, 81-82, 105 AND MAPS 1-4

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., P.V. FILL0 AND P.A. BLOOM, 1964, NMBMMR CIRC. 76, P. 23

  • Deposit

    CONFIDENTIAL USBM FILES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN BEDDING PLANES OF HIGHLY FRACTURED AND BRECCIATED LIMESTONE ALONG A SMALL FAULT. BARITE BANDS ALTERNATE WITH BARREN SILICEOUS LIMESTONE. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE GOSSAN IN PLACES.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-84 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references