| Deposit ID | 10094623 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010096 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Esperanza Prospect |
| Related records | 10198741 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.26781, 32.80373 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1420 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | 3.5 MI NORTHEAST OF DERRY, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sierra(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Garfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
El Paso-Las Cruces(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Sierra |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 017S | 004W | 29 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chert | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | AN ANALYSIS OF A MIXED SAMPLE OF FLUORITE GAVE 97.73% CAF2, 0.56 CACO3, AND 1.22% SIO2. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Magdalena | ||||
| Rock description | Magdalena | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -107.26781, 32.80373 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nw Striking Fissures |
| General form | TABULAR, LENTICULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Sierra Caballos Mining District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | New Mexico Fluorspar Corp. |
| First year | 1928 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010096 |
JOHNSTON, WD, 1928, NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 57-58.
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 113.
KELLEY, VC, 1952, NMU PUBS IN GEOL NO 4.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FLUORSPAR OCCURS AS A VEIN FILLING OF FLUORITE WITH SILICA AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF GALENA AS REPLACEMENTS ALONG JOINT AND BEDDING PLANES. INDIVIDUAL FLUORITE VEINS ARE FROM 2 TO 6 IN ACROSS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1983 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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