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Garcia and Morris Prospect

Occurrence in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
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  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090925
MRDS ID D009947
Record type Site
Current site name Garcia and Morris Prospect
Related records 10150542

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.59835, 32.18625 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 17 MILES SE OF LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bishop Cap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 024S 003E 36,35 NW OF NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT IS REACHED BY TRAVELING 5.3 MI NE FROM U.S. 80 AT A POINT 13.7 MI SOUTH OF LAS CRUCES, N.M. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A GRAB SAMPLE OF VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINED 40% CAF2, 49.1% CACO3, AND 6.8% BASO4.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.59835, 32.18625
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mcanulty (1978) Indkated That The Prospect Was Near The Southern Rim Of The Resurgentorgan Mtn. Caldera.
Type of structure Local
Structure description N 15 E Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PODS
    Strike N 15 E
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults Provided Channelways For Solutions, Which Deposited Fluorite At A Limestone Horizon.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINERALIZED VEIN OCCURS IN LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer P.M. Garcia And J.H. Morris

Mining district

District name Organ Mountains-Bishop Cap Hills Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Garcia And Morris .
    First year 1966

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHALLOW CUTS WERE MADE ALONG AN OUTCROP AND A 15 FT-DEEP PIT WAS DUG AT THE NORTH END OF THE DEPOSIT.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT CONSISTS OF THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 28-29.

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, WN, 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 16 AND 24.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPARSE FLUORITE OCCURS IN VEINS UP TO 15 INCHES ACROSS FOR A STRIKE LENGTH OF 60 FT. THE FLUORITE IS PALE GREEN AND DENSE; ONE EXPOSURE OF A VUG DISPLAYED MEDIUM-SIZED CUBES OF FLUORITE INTERGROWN WITH CRYSTALLINE CALCITE, QUARTZ, AND SOME BARITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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