| Deposit ID | 10101829 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009972 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Aguilar Brock Canyon Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Also Called the Blue Benny Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.49868, 33.06177 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1463 |
| Relative position | 9.5 MI N40E OF CLIFF, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Canyon Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Gila(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 014S | 016W | 28 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite |
| (1) | -108.49868, 33.06177 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N10W |
| Dip | 70W |
| Width | 1.07M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1944 |
| Year of last production | 1945 |
| District name | Gila Mining District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Placido And Richard Guerra |
| First year | 1978 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009972 |
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 41.
MCANULTY, WN, 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 34-35.
ROTHROCK, HE, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 86.
JOHNSTON, WD, 1928, NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 114.
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 41.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE DEPOSIT FILLS A FAULT FISSURE IN WHICH LITTLE BRECCIA OR WALL ROCK REPLACEMENT HAS OCCURRED, AND FAULT GOUGE IS ABSENT. FLUORITE IS PALE GREEN, MEDIUM TO COARSELY CRYSTALLINE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1983 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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