Mohawk Prospect

Occurrence in Bernalillo county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Barium-Barite, Copper
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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094527
MRDS ID D009068
Record type Site
Current site name Mohawk Prospect
Alternate or previous names Claims, Mohawk, Chief, Lion
Related records 10223012

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.3703, 35.20284 (WGS84)
Elevation 2301
Relative position ABOUT 18 MILES N 64 E OF ALBUQUERQUE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bernalillo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sandia Park(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Bernalillo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 011N 005E 02 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MINE IN SECTION 2 AS SHOWN ON THE SANDIA PARK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. THE DEPOSIT LIES NEAR THE CREST OF A SHARP PEAK WHOSE ALTITUDE IS 7600 FT, ABOUT 600 FT ABOVE THE FLOOR OF A CANYON TRENDING NORTHWARD TOWARD LA MADERA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.3703, 35.20284

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Two N 05 E And One N 35 W Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike PARALLEL VEINS N 05 E ; CROSS VEIN N 35 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.22M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Placitas District: Sandia Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Carolina Gould
    Home office Houston, Texas
    First year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 TO CONSIST OF 2 SHORT ADITS, 3 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND 3 SMALL PITS. AN OLD ADIT, BELIEVED TO DATE FROM WORLD WAR ONE, PENETRATES 122 FT INTO THE NORTH HILLSIDE. ABOUT 75 FT ABOVE AND 100 FT SOUTH FROM THE PORTAL OF THE OLD ADIT, A 75 FT LONG ADIT INTERSECTS THE BOTTOM OF A 30 FT SHAFT. TWO OTHER SHAFTS, 20 AND 50 FEET DEEP, AND 3 PITS UP TO 15 FT IN DEPTH ARE FOUND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SHARP PEAK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 10-11

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., AND NORTHROP, S.A., 1975 NMBMMR MEM 29, P. 101, MAP 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TWO PARALLEL VEINS STRIKING N 05E AND A THIRD VEIN STRIKING N 35 W. VEINS ARE UP TO 4 FT. THICK AND EXPOSED AT OUTCROP FOR A MAXIMUM LENGTH OF 40 FT... LIGHT GREEN, WELL CRYSTALLIZED FLUORITE AND DRUSY FLUORITE COATING GRANITE FRAGMENTS OCCUR WITH GALENA AND BARITE. THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE 1960'S.
Deposit RECORD # D009819 BY JERRY HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JAN-83 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-FEB-90 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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