Ice Caves Deposit

Unknown 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198779
MAS/MILS ID 0350060038
Record type Site
Current site name Ice Caves Deposit
Alternate or previous names Acme Mine, Zorro Deposit, Zorro Number One

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.04953, 35.08036 (WGS84)
Elevation 2360
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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)

Rio San Jose(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 012 W 24 E2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.04953, 35.08036

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Milton Head And Associates
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NMBM MINE DIRECTORY 1965

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8307,FRANK WILLIAMS,1966 P131

  • Deposit

    NMBM CIR 76, FRANK WILLIAMS, 1964 P45

  • Deposit

    PAXTON SPRINGS TOPO MAP,USGS,1952

  • Deposit

    NMBM MEMOIR 34,MCANULTY,1978,P55

  • Deposit

    NMBM BULL, 21,JOHNSON&HAHN,1946,PLATE 18,P183-184

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-84 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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