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Gallinas Rare Earth Deposits

Past Producer in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Silica
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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. 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. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150005
MRDS ID D010683
MAS/MILS ID 0350270542
Record type Site
Current site name Gallinas Rare Earth Deposits
Alternate or previous names Eagle Nest Prospect, All American Prospect, Conqueror Mine, Hoosier Girl Prospect, Red Cloud Mine
Related records 10014064

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.73385, 34.19399 (WGS84)
Elevation 2274
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rough Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corona(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Sumner(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gallo Arroyo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 001 S 011 E 25 SENW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
REE Critical Primary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Gypsum Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Glorieta Sandstone
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 16HA
    Depth to top 1.1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Minimum Depth to Top .7
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1.1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. .7
    Total Surface Area (HA) 16
    Date of Last Modification 830506

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1942
Mining method Timbered Stopes - Overhand Square-Set
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Gallinas Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward French
    Interest 100
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lehman, Adele And Davis, Edna L.
    Home office California
    Year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Description Lead, Mined 1902-1943. 735 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Lead Lead 735mt
  • Year 1943
    Description Copper, Mined 1902-1943. 168235 Kilograms
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Copper Copper 168.23mt
  • Year 1943
    Description Silver, Mined 1902-1943. 696863 Grams
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 696863g
  • Year 1943
    Description Gold, Mined 1902-1943. 173 Grams
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Gold Gold 173g/mt
  • Year 1955
    Description Fluorite-Bastnasite, Mined 1943-1955. 5897 Metric Tons
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 5897mt

Comments on the production information

  • THE ACTUAL RECOVERIES ARE 89.9% FOR CAF2 AND 68.85% FOR RE2O3. BECAUSE OF A DEFECT IN THE DATA BASE SYSTEM, THEY HAVE BEEN ROUNDED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE ABOVE RESERVES WERE ESTIMATED BY THE U.S. BUMINES AND AND ARE DESCRIBED IN WAR MINERALS REPORT 125, SUPPLEMENT, P. 8 AND 38-40. THESE RESERVES WERE USED IN THE EVALUATION. THE ABOVE RESERVES WERE ESTIMATED BY THE U.S. BUMINES FOR WAR MINERALS REPORT 125, 1945. THE ORE OF THIS RESERVE FIGURE IS DISTRIBUTED OVER 8 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. BECAUSE OF THIS DISTRIBUTION, AS WELL AS, SMALL INDIVIDUAL TONNAGES REQUIRING EXPENSIVE UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT COSTS, THESE RESERVES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS EVALUATION. M9C4=M3C1:M9C5=M2C1:M9C6=M1C1
  • OTHER OWNERS: ADELE LEHMAN & EDNA L. DAVIS OF CALIFORNIA. FORMERLY LISTED UNDER SEQ. NO. 0350270000B. OTHER PROPERTIES INCLUDED ARE RED CLOUD, EAGLE NEST, AND OLD HICKORY. PAST PRODUCTION WAS FOR PB/CU/AG AND FOR FLUORITE. REPORTED AS REO AND CAF2 THE RESERVES IN ADIT ARE THE SUMMATION OF QUANT-GRADE MATS 1,2+3

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.5HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 16.7
    Avg. Overburden Thickness .7
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Secondary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Hardness of Ore HARDPAN
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 2.4
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 60
    Capacity 6
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 58.91
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 254
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1983
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 189M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OVERHAND SQUARE-SET 10-46A
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 183
    Number of Adits 1
    Capacity 32.7
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 62.21
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 254
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1983
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 67M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 2
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OVERHAND SQUARE-SET 10-46A
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics UNKNOWN
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 61
    Number of Adits 1
    Capacity 21.4
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 62.17
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 254
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOULE, J.H. EXPLORATION OF GALLINAS FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN CO. N. MEXICO U.S. BUMINES RI-3854, 1946,

  • Deposit

    PP. 1-25.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUMINES, GALLINAS FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS LINCOLN CO. N.

  • Deposit

    MEXICO. SUPPLEMENT TO WAR MINERALS NO. 125, AUG. 1945,

  • Deposit

    PP. 1-51.

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H.E., R.H. EARHART, AND R.G. SMALLEY, PRELIMINARY

  • Deposit

    REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN THE

  • Deposit

    GALLINAS MOUNTAINS, LINCOLN CO., NEW MEXICO. U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, JUNE 1943, PP. 1-41.

  • Deposit

    PERHAC, R.M., E. WM. HEINRICH, FLUORITE-BASTNASITE DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    OF THE GALLINAS MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO AND BASTNASITE

  • Deposit

    PARAGENESIS. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY VOL. 59, 1964, PP. 226-

  • Deposit

    239.

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B. MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEW

  • Deposit

    MEXICO. NEW MEXICO BUMINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, BULL.

  • Deposit

    67, PP. 17-21.

  • Deposit

    STRAAM ENGINEERS, INC. CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST ESTIMATING

  • Deposit

    SYSTEM. U.S.B.M. CONTRACT NO. J025506, PP. 47-101,

  • Deposit

    151-299.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE THREE SEPARATE OREBODIES. TWO OF THE OREBODIES ARE VEIN DEPOSITS: THE EAGLE NEST VEIN STRIKES NORTHWEST AND IS ALMOST VERTICAL; IT IS ABOUT 128 METERS LONG AND 2.13 TO 6.4 METERS WIDE WITH A THICKNESS AS MUCH AS 13 METERS. THE OLD HICKORY VEIN IS ALSO NEARLY VERTICAL, AND ITS MAXIMUM DIMENSIONS ARE 59 METERS LONG 52 METERS DEEP AND 1.5 TO 6 METERS WIDE. THE RED CLOUD OREBODY IS A IRREGULAR BRECCIATED MASS THAT HAS MAXIMUM DIMENSIONS THAT ARE 30 METERS BY 15 METERS BY 15 METERS DEEP. ALL THE OREBODIES ARE NEAR THE SURFACE AND ARE OVERLAIN ONLY BY A THIN LAYER OF UNCONSOLIDATED MATERIAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-95 Dolzani, Roger L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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