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Cottonwood Canyon Prospect

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Alteration
  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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097863
MRDS ID D009974
Record type Site
Current site name Cottonwood Canyon Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.43034, 32.84789 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 10.5 MI N60W FROM SILVER CITY, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Circle Mesa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 015W 07 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result A GRAB SAMPLE OF STOCKPILED ORE CONTAINED 52.1% CAFZ, 46.4% SIOZ, 0.5% CAC03, AND LESS THAN 0.1% BAS04.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Fierro
    Rock description Fierro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.43034, 32.84789
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Trending N 75 W

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, TABULAR
    Strike N75W
    Dip STEEPLY SOUTH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Breccia

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fleming Mining District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 37-38.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTON, WD, 1928, NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 110-112.

  • Deposit

    TALMAGE, S.B., AND WOOTTON, T.P., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. 12, P. 77.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MILS, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK, 1978A.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MAS, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK, 1979.

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 38.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1984 Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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