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Unnamed Occurrence

Occurrence in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013582
MRDS ID D009964
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.4984, 33.04872 (WGS84)
Relative position 8.5 MI N45E OF CLIFF, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyon Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 014S 016W 33 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • THE OCCURRENCE IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF BRUSHY CANYON ABOUT 0.5 MI EAST OF THE BLUE SPAR DEPOSIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.4984, 33.04872
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Minor Faults And Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gila Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW EXPLORATION PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 47

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR FLUORSPAR STRINGERS TREND NW IN LATITE. THE DEPOSIT MAY BE THE SE CONTINUATION OF THE GREEN SPAR DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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