Box Canyon Deposit

Occurrence in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10272635
MAS/MILS ID 0350530042
Record type Site
Current site name Box Canyon Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.98669, 34.15429 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lemitar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(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 Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 002 S 001 W 07 NW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.98669, 34.15429

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS,F.E. 1966 USBM IC8307 FLUOR DEPS IN N.M. PP 126

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A TWO FT FISSURE ASSAYED 11.2% CA(F2).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Mcanulty U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references