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Thanksgiving Prospect

Occurrence in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090926
MRDS ID D009965
Record type Site
Current site name Thanksgiving Prospect
Related records 10271832

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.52369, 33.049 (WGS84)
Elevation 1509
Relative position 7.5 MI N 30 E OF CLIFF, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canteen Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 014S 016W 32 NW OF NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY LIES ABOUT 500 FT ABOVE THE GILA RIVER AT THE END OF A TRAIL FROM THE RIVER AND APPROXIMATELY 1000 FT WEST OF THE BIG SPAR DEPOSIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ESTIMATED CAF2 CONTENT OF THE DEPOSIT IS LESS THAN 30%.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.52369, 33.049
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

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 1952
Discoverer H.A. Coffee; Gila, Nm

Mining district

District name Gila Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. A. Coffee
    First year 1952

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 SHALLOW TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 47.

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 91.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORITE FILLS SMALL VEINLETS, AND WITH QUARTZ, ACTS AS CEMENTING MATERIAL FOR BRECCIA FRAGMENTS IN A BRECCIA ZONE 2 TO 6 FT WIDE EXTENDING ALONG STRIKE FOR ABOUT 90 FT.

Reporter information

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

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