Green Spar 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271510
MRDS ID D010503
MAS/MILS ID 0350290028
Record type Site
Current site name Green Spar Mine
Alternate or previous names Grattan State Land Mine, Green Spar No.1 Claim
Related records 10013936

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.7362, 32.41403 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

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 009 W 02 N2SESE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Pseudoleucite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.7362, 32.41403

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 30HA
    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. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Total Surface Area (HA) 30
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1924

Mining district

District name Fluorite Ridge District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease

Land status

Ownership category State

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 .5
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 85.4M
    Overall depth 33.5M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .5
    Number of Shafts 1
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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