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Clum Fluorspar Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Quartz, Calcium
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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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105534
MRDS ID W006932
Record type Site
Current site name Clum Fluorspar Mine
Alternate or previous names George Mine: Claims, Spar Nos. 1 To 6
Related records 10150671

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.50173, 33.03817 (WGS84)
Elevation 1760
Relative position ABOUT 23 MILES N 37 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canteen Canyon(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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 014S 016W 33 SW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Quartz Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE OF TWO GRAB SAMPLES FROM STOCKPILED ORE
Result 61.9 % CAF2
Result 23.5 % SIO2
Result 1.0 % CACO3
Result 7.4 % R2O3: AVERAGE OF TWO CHIP SAMPLES FROM STOPES ABOVE THE 50 FT. LEVEL
Result 57.1 % CAF2
Result 24.4 % SIO2
Result 1.5 % CACO3
Result 6.7 % R2O3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Brock Canyon Volcanic Complex
    Rock description Brock Canyon Volcanic Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.50173, 33.03817
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Pinos Altos Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur In A Brecciated And Sheeted Fracture Zone Along Two Northwest Striking Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike CLUM VEIN N 05 W ; EAST VEIN N 33 W
    Dip 70 TO 80 SW ; 80 SW
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 236.22M
    Width 79.25M
  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike CLUM VEIN N 05 W ; EAST VEIN N 33 W
    Dip 70 TO 80 SW ; 80 SW

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 first production 1885
Year of last production 1952

Mining district

District name Gila Fluorspar District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Letrado Exploration Co.
    Home office Santa Fe, Nm
    First year 1972
  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Turley, Deming, N. M. (1970'S)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 80-84, P. 198-201

  • Deposit

    RUSSELL, P.L., 1947 USBM RI-4020, 5 PAGES

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 173-175

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 42-44

  • Deposit

    RATTE, J.C., AND OTHERS, 1979 USGS BULL 1451, P. 157-161

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 34

  • Deposit

    RATTE, J.C., AND GASKILL, D.L., 1975 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-886

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    1943 GEOCHEM JOHNSON, C. H., U.S. BUR. MINE

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 42 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-75 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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