Winkler Anticline Fluorspar Deposits

Past Producer in Hidalgo 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. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013931
MRDS ID D010496
Record type Site
Current site name Winkler Anticline Fluorspar Deposits
Alternate or previous names Athena Group, Athena Prospects: Claims, Athena Nos. 1 To 21

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.66034, 31.64458 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 49 MILES S 03 E OF LORDSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gillespie Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Playas Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(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 Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 031S 018W 03 N2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE NOR TH HALF OF SECTION 3.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Horquilla Limestone;U-Bar Formation
    Rock description Horquilla Limestone;U-Bar Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.66034, 31.64458

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Along The Crest And Limbs Of The Northeast Trending Winkler Anticline.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Localized In Brecciated Host Rock.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1974
Year of last production 1975

Mining district

District name Red Hill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mining And Milling Co. Of America
    First year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rangaire Corp.
    Home office Cleburne, Tx.
    First year 1975

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1972
    Total resources 68000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 25 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1972

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1978 CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS TRENCHES, MANY SH ALLOW PITS, AND SEVERAL VERY SHALLOW TEST SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • DURING 1970-71, RANGAIRE CORP. CONDUCTED AN EXPLORATION PROGRAM I NCLUDING FIFTY 100 FT. PERCUSSION DRILL HOLES, FOUR SHALLOW TEST SHAFT S, MAPPING, AND SAMPLING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ZELLER, R.A., JR., AND ALPER, A.M., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 84, P. 89, PLA TE 1

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, W.N., SR., 1972 NMBMMR TARGET EXPLORATION REPORT E-3, 7 P AGES

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 35-39

  • Production

    MCANULTY, 1978, P. 36.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MCANULTY, 1972, P. 6.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR AS SCATTERED PODS AND BRECCIA CEMENT IN IRREGULAR, FLUORITE-JASPEROID, REPLACEMENT MANTOS. 21 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ABOUT 42 0 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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