Juniper Deposit

Past Producer in Cibola county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150518
MRDS ID D010086
MAS/MILS ID 0350060043
Record type Site
Current site name Juniper Deposit
Alternate or previous names No. 2 Claim Group., Zorro Nos. 6,7,8 - Hilltop - Joan
Related records 10013669

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.02703, 35.05286 (WGS84)
Elevation 2427

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cibola(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paxton Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Zuni(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Plains(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(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 Cibola

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010 N 011 W 32 NW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.02703, 35.05286

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 80S
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N60E:80S
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert Coucher
    Interest 100
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION - SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS (PROBABLY INCLUDED WITH TW E & TWENTY-SEVEN MINES).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS,F.E. 1966 US BU MINS IC 8307 PP 133

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013

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