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Illinois Group

Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Barium-Barite
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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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110434
MRDS ID W006930
Record type Site
Current site name Illinois Group
Alternate or previous names Universal Mine, White Star Mine, Oakland Mine, Principal Claims, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Montana, Nevada, Texas
Related records 10223814

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.23059, 33.09289 (WGS84)
Elevation 1562
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES S 25 E OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palomas Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 014S 004W 14 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS ARE LOCATED ON THE WEST FLANK OF THE CABALLO MOUNTAINS A FEW MILES NORTH OF PALOMAS GAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OAKLAND MINE APPEARS TO HAVE MORE CALCITE AND BARITE THAN THE OTHER MINES. ALSO SEVERAL TONS OF GALENA WERE TAKEN FROM AN ADIT AT THE EAST END OF THE VEIN. A COMPOSITE OF SAMPLES CONTAINING 40% OR MORE CAF2 SHOWED 53.89% CAF2, 21.12% SIO2, 18.38% CACO3, AND 6.50% BASO4.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result COMPOSITE GRAB SAMPLE FROM VARIOUS TRENCHES AT THE UNIVERSAL MINE ASSAYED 53.2 % CAF2
Result 30.1 % SIO2
Result 12.6 % CACO3
Result 1.1 % BASO4: COMPOSITE SAMPLE FROM OPENCUT IN THE EAST OREBODY AT THE WHITE STAR MINE ASSAYED 55.1 % CAF2
Result 22.0 % SIO2
Result 20.4 % CACO3
Result 0.2 % BASO4
Result 0.1 % PB: THE OAKLAND MINE REPORTED TO AVERAGE 50 % CAF2 AND ALWAYS EXCEED 35 % CAF2.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Bliss S.S.-Dk. Red To Black Limy Fine-Gr., Thin-Med. Bedded S.S.;Dk. Brown Thick Bedded L.S., Qtz. Veinlets;Gray To Brown Med-Thick Bedded Dolomitic L.S.;White Coarse-Gr. Feldspathic S.S. And Pebble Cong
    Rock description Bliss S.S.-Dk. Red To Black Limy Fine-Gr., Thin-Med. Bedded S.S.;Dk. Brown Thick Bedded L.S., Qtz. Veinlets;Gray To Brown Med-Thick Bedded Dolomitic L.S.;White Coarse-Gr. Feldspathic S.S. And Pebble Cong

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.23059, 33.09289
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The Sierra Caballos Is Essentially An Eroded Fault Block Of Sedimentary And Igneous Rocks That Has Been Tilted Eastward. Minor Faulting And Folding Was Locally Intense. Most Of The North - Trending Faults Have Downthrown Sides On The East And The Strata Show Drag On That Side.
Type of structure Local
Structure description See Comments

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR - FRACTURES OR SMALL DISPLACEMENT FAULTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fissure Control - (See N 70)

Comments on the geologic information

  • ABOVE WHITE S.S. IS BROWN AND BLACK SHALE AND THIN BEDDED ARGILLACEOUS LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1918
Year of last production 1953

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Blanchard Hanson Sub-Leased To Uni-Sol Uranium And Oil Corp., Dallas, Texas
    First year 1963
  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Fluorspar Co.
    First year 1963

Comments on the production information

  • ILLINOIS GROUP REPORTED PRODUCTION WAS AS FOLLOWS: 1927 - 1939 INTERMITTENTLY - 3614 MET. TONS UNDER NAME OF HOT SPRINGS, 1926 - 521 MET. TONS BY FLUORSPAR MINES OF AMERICA, 1952 - 2634 MET TONS UNDER NAME UNIVERSAL, 1953 - 62 MET. TONS UNDER WHITE STAR, 1942 - 44 MET. TONS UNDER NAME U.S. FLUORSPAR CO., AND 1940 TO 1945 - 4082 MET. TONS ESTIMATED BY ROTHROCK.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.12HA
    Length 100M
    Overall depth 55M
    Overall length 137.16M
    Overall width 6M

Comments on the workings information

  • UNIVERSAL MINE WORKINGS, REPORTED IN 1966, CONSISTED OF 2 SHORT ADITS, 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND A FEW OPENCUTS. THE OAKLAND MINE CONSISTS OF 2 SHORT ADITS, 5 SHALLOW SMALL OPENCUTS AND SEVERAL USBM EXPLORATORY TRENCHES. WHITE STAR MINE CONSISTS OF 2 SHORT ADITS, ONE OF THE ADITS HAS A SHALLOW SHAFT AND A RAISE TO THE SURFACE, AND A FEW SHALLOW OPENCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNIVERSAL VEIN STRIKES N 70 W, DIPS STEEPLY SOUTH, IS ABOUT 180 M. IN LENGTH AND ABOUT 3 M. WIDE. OAKLAND VEIN STRIKES N 65 W, DIPS NEARLY VERTICALLY, AVERAGES 3.5 M. IDE FOR A LENGTH OF 105 M.. IT CONSISTS OF A SET OF FRACTURES 1.5 TO 7.5 M. WIDE IN THE EASTERN HALF WHERE DISPLACEMENT OF 3 M. WAS OBSERVED IN THE WHITE SANDSTONE, AND 3 TO 15 M. WIDE IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE VEIN. WHITE STAR VEIN STRIKES N 80 W, IS NEARLY VERTICAL, CROPSOUT FOR 400 M. IN LENGTH AND CONSISTS OF A SINGLE FISSURE TO NUMEROUS STRINGERS IN A SHEETED ZONE UP TO 18 M. WIDE. ECONOMIC ORE CAN BE TRACED CONTINUOUSLY FOR 210 M..6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 90 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-75 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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