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Black Willow Prospect

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Iron, Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10257193
MRDS ID D009825
MAS/MILS ID 0350170053
Record type Site
Current site name Black Willow Prospect
Related records 10094594

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.99894, 32.90011 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crookson Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016 S 021 W 22 C NWSE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.99894, 32.90011
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4M
    Length 750M
    Width 15M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N60W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Steeple Rock Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Eugene Belcher
    Interest 100
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED MASTERS THESIS UNIV TEXAS AT EL PASO TEXAS BIGG

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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