| Deposit ID | 10094605 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009941 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wilson Prospect |
| Related records | 10174944 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.6534, 31.58153 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1676 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | 23 MI S25E OF ANIMAS, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hidalgo(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Center Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Playas Lake(hydrologic unit)
Mimbres(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Hidalgo |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 031S | 018W | 34 | SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Malachite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Walnut Wells Stock | ||||||||
| Rock description | Walnut Wells Stock | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | U-Bar |
| Rock description | U-Bar |
| (1) | -108.6534, 31.58153 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne Trending Winkler Anticline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ne Trending U-Bar Fault |
| General form | IRREGULAR MANTOS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N45E |
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Animas Mountains, Winkler Anticline Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009941 |
MCANULTY, WN, 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 37.
ELLIS, RD, 1971, MS THESIS, UTEP.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FLUORSPAR OCCURS ON AN OUTCROP OF JASPEROID IN THE CRETACEOUS U-BAR FORMATION (LIMESTONE), BORDERING, AND IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE U-BAR FAULT. FLUORSPAR BEARING JASPEROID, SIMILAR IN ALL RESPECTS TO THE ATHENA PROSPECTS, CROPS OUT OVER AN AREA OF ABOUT 70,000 SQ FT ON THE SE DIP SLOPE OF A MASSIVE LIMESTONE UNIT IN THE CRETACEOUS U-BAR FORMATION. BULLDOZER TRENCHING AND SCALPING IN THIS AREA EXPOSED SIZABLE PODS OF HIGH-GRADE, COARSELY CRYSTALLINE FLUORSPAR, AND SEVERAL ZONES OF STRONGLY FLUORITIZED SILICIFIED BRECCIA. |
| Deposit | MUCH OF THE INFORMATION FOR THE WILSON PROSPECT WAS INFERRED FROM DESCRIPTIONS OF THE ATHENA PROSPECTS DUE TO THEIR SIMILARITY AND PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1983 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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