Leta Lynn Prospect

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Manganese
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10126078
MRDS ID D009824
MAS/MILS ID 0350170074
Record type Site
Current site name Leta Lynn Prospect
Related records 10013498

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -109.04624, 32.90431 (WGS84)
Elevation 1490
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tillie Hall Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Safford(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)

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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016 S 021 W 19 SWNENE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -109.04624, 32.90431

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 80S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 40M
    Width 3M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N20W:80S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1973

Mining district

District name Steeple Rock Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Eugene Belcher
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED MASTERS THESIS UNIV OF TEXAS AT EL PASO BIGGER

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Mcanulty U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references