| Deposit ID | 10094624 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010103 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Anniversary Prospect |
| Related records | 10125832 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.61476, 32.0732 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2012 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | 16 MI S 30 E OF DEMING, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Luna(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gym Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Deming(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Mimbres(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Luna |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 026S | 008W | 01 | SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | El Paso | ||||
| Rock description | El Paso | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -107.61476, 32.0732 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | E-W And A Ne Trending Faults |
| General form | PODS, LENSES |
|---|
| General form | PODS, LENSES |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1970 |
| Discoverer | Gene Cook; Deming, Nm |
| Year of first production | 1970 |
| Year of last production | 1970 |
| District name | Florida Mountains Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Bailey Fluorspar Co. |
| Home office | Marfa, Tx. |
| First year | 1970 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gene Cook |
| Home office | Deming, N.M. |
| First year | 1978 |
| Year | 1970 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1970 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | F | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^60% Effective Caf2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010103 |
MCANULTY, WN, 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 41
MCANULTY, WN, 1978, P. 41.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN SILICIFIED BRECCIA ALONG FAULTS IN ORDOVICIAN LIMESTONE NEAR THE CONTACT OF THE UNDERLYING PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE. THE FLUORITE OCCURS BOTH AS COARSE-CRYSTALLINE VOID FILLINGS AND AS A SUGARY REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE. IN THE AREA OF THE PROSPECT A FLUORITIZED, SILICIFIED BRECCIA OR JASPEROID ZONE FORMS THE HANGING WALL AT THE INTERSECTION OF AN EAST AND A NE TRENDING FAULT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1983 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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