Section 15 Prospect

Occurrence in Cibola 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013673
MRDS ID D010090
Record type Site
Current site name Section 15 Prospect
Related records 10247372

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.98618, 35.01673 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 12.9 MI S 29 E OF MT. SEDGEWICK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cibola(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Rafael(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Plains(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola 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 Cibola

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 009N 011W 15 N2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1957)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Yeso Formation

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The Zuni Mtns. Are An Elongate Nw Trending Dome With A Core Of Precambrian Rocks.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ene Trending Fault At The North End Of A Major Nw Trending Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 50 E TO N 65 E
    Dip 70 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1946

Mining district

District name Zuni Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Shattuck-Denn Corp.
    First year 1966
  • Type Owner
    Owner Reid And Bright Ranch
    First year 1966

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN 80 FT ADIT OF WHICH THE LAST 30 FT IS STOPED TO THE SURFACE 25 TO 40 FT ABOVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 136.

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 186-187.

  • Deposit

    GODDARD, EN, 1966, USGS MAP I-454.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORSPAR FILLS A NARROW VEINLET IN A BRECCIATED FAULT ZONE THAT TRENDS N 50 TO 65 E. THE ORE MINERAL IS WHITE TO PALE GREEN AND DENSE TO MEDIUM CRYSTALLINE. THE VEIN, WIDEST IN THE STOPED AREA, IS UP TO 8 IN ACROSS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references