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Big Ben Prospect 1966

Occurrence in Lincoln 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094620
MRDS ID D010054
Record type Site
Current site name Big Ben Prospect 1966
Alternate or previous names Sky High Prospect 1946
Related records 10199305

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.76028, 34.22092 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 9.5 MI S 78 W OF CORONA, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pajaro Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corona(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Sumner(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Western Estancia(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 001S 011E 14 NW OF SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result A GRAB SAMPLE BY WILLIAMS (1966) CONTAINED 61.4% CAF2, 6.6% CACO3, AND 2.4% BASO4.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 174
USGS model code 26b
Deposit model name Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Yeso
    Rock description Yeso

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.76028, 34.22092
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dome Structure Caused By A Syenitic Laccolith

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS AND LENSES
    Strike N-S
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • North Trending Brecciated Fault Within Favorable Sandstone Host Horizon.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gallinas Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. E. Degner And Associates
    Home office Carrizozo, N.M.
    First year 1966

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHAFT, APPROXIMATELY 100 FT DEEP, A CAVED ADIT 100 FT TO THE NORTH OF THE SHAFT, AND A SHALLOW PIT 110 FT TO THE EAST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 77.

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 122.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN THE SMALL PIT 110 FT EAST OF THE SHAFT, A VEIN OF LOW-GRADE FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN A BRECCIA ZONE ABOUT 5 FT WIDE. IT STRIKES NORTH AND APPEARS TO BE ON A SEPARATE BUT SIMILAR STRUCTURE THAN THAT ON WHICH THE SHAFT AND ADIT LIE. THE ORE IN THE DUMPS IS FINE-GRAINED, PURPLE, AND SLIGHTLY LEACHED OF SOME OF ITS GANGUE MINERALS. QUARTZ, BARITE, AND CALCITE ARE PRESENT IN VARYING PROPORTIONS.

Reporter information

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

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