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May Day Prospect

Occurrence in Socorro 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. 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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090928
MRDS ID D010093
Record type Site
Current site name May Day Prospect
Related records 10224275

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.45835, 33.48343 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2 MI SE OF LITTLE BURRO PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Capitol Peak(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 Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 009S 005E 32 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ON WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1947)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result THE VEIN CONTAINED 90.6% CAF2, 6.5% SIO2, 1.0% BASO4, AND 0.7% CACO3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.45835, 33.48343
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 0.23M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Along A Brecciated Fault In Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on development

  • THE OCCURRENCE IS ON THE MAY DAY NO. 1 CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 126

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A HIGH GRADE 9-IN FLUORSPAR FISSURE OCCURS ADJACENT TO A 7 FT WIDE BRECCIATED FAULT ZONE IN LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

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

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

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