| Deposit ID | 10090923 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009827 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Knight Peak Prospect |
| Related records | 10296562 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.51729, 32.53762 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | 16.6 MI S 45 E OF REDROCK, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Eagle Eye Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Gila 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 | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 020S | 016W | 29 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -108.51729, 32.53762 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | N 85 E Trending Fault |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 85 E |
| Dip | 30 TO 40 SE |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | White Signal Mining District, Malone District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009827 |
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 67.
GILLERMAN, E., 1952, USGS BULL 973-F, P. 286.
1978A, US BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK, MILS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GREEN AND PURPLE FLUORSPAR IS FOUND SPARINGLY WITH CALCITE IN AN 8 IN VEIN AT LEAST 30 FT LONG. DEPOSITION WAS BY SOME WALL ROCK REPLACEMENT AS WELL OPEN SPACE FILLING. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D011520 BY RON WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1983 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAY-1984 | Davies, Robert C. (Worl, Ron) | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.