Joyita Prospects

Occurrence in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Silica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10127017
MAS/MILS ID 0350530047
Record type Site
Current site name Joyita Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.87559, 34.25008 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Acacia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.87559, 34.25008

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTON,W.D. 1928 NM BU MINS,MIN RES BULL 4,FLUOR IN N.M. P

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS,F.E. 1966 USBM IC8307,FLUOR DEPS OF NEW MEX PP 121.

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO SAMPLES ASSAYED CA(F2) 60.9% & 84.5% SI(02) 29.1% & 4.5% EXACT LOCATION NOT KNOWN. WILLIAMS UNABLE TO LOCATE IN 1966.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Mcanulty U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references