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Carolyn Group 1950

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094437
MRDS ID D007089
Record type Site
Current site name Carolyn Group 1950
Alternate or previous names Unpatented Claims, Carolyn Nos. 1 To 17: Deposit Originally Located By E.B. Paxton In, 1944 and Covered By Five Claims, White King, White Queen, White Duke, White Dutchess, White Queen Extension
Related records 10135601

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.19226, 33.03205 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 8 MILES S 26 E OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palomas Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(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 Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 015S;015S 003W;004W 06;01 W2 (06); E2 (01) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • UTM AND GEODETIC LOCATIONS ARE FOR MAIN SHAFT LOCATED ABOUT 2.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PALOMAS GAP IN RED CANYON.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • GENERAL ANALYTICAL DATA FROM WILLIAMS, FILLO AND BLOOM, 1964 P. 24

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLE FROM EASTERN VEIN ASSAYED 88% BASO 4
Result SAMPLE FROM ACROSS THE WESTERN VEIN ASSAYED 88.5% BASO4
Result 1.0% CAF2
Result 4.75% SIO2 AND HAD A SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF 4.25.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Magdalena Group;Abo
    Rock description Magdalena Group;Abo
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.19226, 33.03205
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 457.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1944

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James F. Hum
    Home office Farmington, N.M.
    First year 1963

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 24.38M
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 75 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH TWO 40 FT. DRIFTS AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., AND SILVER, C., 1952 U.N.M. PUB. 4, FIG. 2

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 24

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN TWO NEARLY PARALLEL NORTHEAST-STRIKING VEINS ABOUT 900 FT. APART. THE EASTERN VEIN IS ABOUT 2 FT. WIDE AND CROPS OUT FOR ABOUT 400 FT.. THE WESTERN VEIN IS ABOUT 4 FT. WIDE AND CROPS OUT FOR AN AGGREGATE DISTANCE OF 1500 FT.. 17 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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