Sacaton Mine

Past Producer in Catron county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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 10097846
MRDS ID D009060
Record type Site
Current site name Sacaton Mine
Related records 10296403

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.71257, 33.22621 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 34 MILES SOUTH OF RESERVE, AND 1.7 MILES N 75 W OF HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rice Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila 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 Catron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 012S 018W 28 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON A PATENTED HOMESTEAD ALONG SACATON CREEK ABOUT ONE MILE SOUTHEAST OF LONE PINE HILL. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED. THE SACATON MINE CAN BE REACHED BY TRAVELING 8.5 MILES NW OF BUCKHORN, NM ON US 260, AND THEN ABOUT 10 MILES PAST MOON RANCH AND INTO THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
  • LAT AND LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR DISTRICT. INCLUDES BUFFALO GULCH, JEFFERSON, WASHINGTON AND THE HEAD OF NEVADA CREEKS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.71257, 33.22621

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, POD
    Strike N 50 TO 60 W
    Dip 90 TO 60 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name Wilcox District: Sacaton Mesa Area: Sacaton Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Alphen, A. H.
    First year 1940

Comments on the production information

  • ROTHROCK, H.E., AND OTHERS, 1946, P. 48, ESTIMATED ABOUT 400 TONS OF FLUORSPAR ORE WAS PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1943.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF SEVERAL OPENCUTS AND TRENCHES WITH A FEW SHORT ADITS. THE MAIN EXCAVATION IS A TRENCH ABOUT 200 FT LONG AND 20 FT DEEP.
  • MINES, PLACER

Comments on development

  • BUFFALO GULCH, MADISON, JEFFERSON, WASHINGTON, AMERICAN GULCH PLACERS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 47-48

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 17-18

  • Deposit

    RATTE, J.C., AND OTHERS, 1979 USGS BULL 1451, P. 151

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 17.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS AND PODS OF FLUORITE IN FOUR, SEPARATE, NORTHWEST-STRIKING FAULTS. MEDIUM-SIZED CUBIC CRYSTALS OF PALE GREEN AND VIOLET FLUORITE OCCUR WITH FINELY CRYSTALLINE WHITE QUARTZ.
Deposit RECORD # D009802 BY JERRY HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit NO REPORTED INFORMATION ON THE GEOLOGY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-DEC-82 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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