Sadler Mine

Past Producer in Luna 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. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222988
MRDS ID W006933
MAS/MILS ID 0350290003
Record type Site
Current site name Sadler Mine
Alternate or previous names Sadler #1&#2 Veins, Sadler #1,#2 Veins
Related records 10069413

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.7128, 32.39683 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Massacre Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deming(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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 Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022 S 008 W 18 S2NWNW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.7128, 32.39683

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 2M
    Length 30M
    Width 48M
    Area 30HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N35E:70E
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 30
    Date of Last Modification 800114

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1909
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Fluorite Ridge District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Allied Chemical Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 85M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .5
    Number of Shafts 2
    Length of Inclines (m) 18
    Number of Inclines 1
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 75
    Number of Adits 1
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8307 PG 86-87

  • Deposit

    NM BUR MNS MIN RES BULL 21 PG 131-138

  • Deposit

    NM BUR MNS MIN RES BULL 72 PG 107-109

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 47OK PG533

  • Deposit

    USGS MIN RES OF THE US NONMETALICS PT 2 PG 709-714

  • Deposit

    ECON GEOL VOL 42 NO 1 PG 78-82

  • Deposit

    NM BUR MNS,MIN RES BULL 12 PG 77-78

  • Deposit

    NM BUR MNS,MIN RES BULL 87 PG 77-78

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 618 PG 108-109

  • Deposit

    US BUR MNS,BULL 244,PG130

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY,WN,1975,FLUOR IN TEX,NEW MEX,MEX, PROJ G0254013

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC160 COL16-21,DEM NM FOR DEMING NEW MEX REC160 COL25-30,LA CAL FOR LOS ANGLES CALIF

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references