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Gem Group

Occurrence in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011907
MRDS ID D007097
Record type Site
Current site name Gem Group
Related records 10223884

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.62113, 33.21178 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 37 MILES N 82 E OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES., Within A Radius Of 3000 Feet., Within A Radius Of 3000 Feet., Within A Radius Of 3000 Feet., Within A Radius Of 3000 Feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tip Top Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 013S;012S 004E;004E 04,05,09;32 W2 (04); E2 (05); N2 (09); S2 (32) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE CLAIM GROUP. LOCATED NORTH OF THE MOUTH OF RHODES CANYON IN THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.62113, 33.21178
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike NORTHWEST
    Dip STEEPLY SOUTHWEST
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 9.14M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposition Controlled By Northwest Striking Fault.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Andres Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. C. Hunter
  • Type Owner
    Owner White Sands Missile Range
    First year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF THREE SMALL ADITS AND FOUR SHALLOW SURFACE CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 27

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR ALONG A FAULT IN LENSES HAVING MAXIMUM DIMENSIONS OF 30 FT. LONG, 10 FT. WIDE AND 5 FT. DEEP. 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

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