Windmill Fluorspar Prospect

Occurrence in Grant 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 10009965
MRDS ID D003286
Record type Site
Current site name Windmill Fluorspar Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.38784, 32.40901 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position ABOUT 26.5 MILES S 14 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

C Bar Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022S 015W 09 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • THE DEPOSIT CAN BE REACHED FROM WHITE SIGNAL, NM BY TRAVELING 19.1 MI S OF A DIRT ROAD, AND 3 MI N OF A TRUCK ROAD. THE DEPOSIT LIES IN A BROAD VALLEY THAT MARKS THE SOUTHERN LIMIT OF THE BURRO MOUNTAINS. ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1039; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1963 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Burro Mountain Granite
    Rock description Burro Mountain Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.38784, 32.40901

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N05w Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N 05 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Fault, Vein Along Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bound Ranch District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Mexico
    Home office New Mexico

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF A SMALL PROSPECT PIT. THERE IS ALSO A SHALLOW SHAFT AND SMALL TRENCH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINLETS AND FLUORSPAR CEMENTED BRECCIA IN A NORTH-SOUTH TRENDING FAULT ZONE. THE ZONE CROPS OUT FOR A LENGTH OF 100 FT. ALONG STRIKE, IS ABOUT 2 FT. THICK, AND IS EXPOSED IN WORKINGS TO A DEPTH OF 25 FT.. FLUORITE OCCURS AS FINE GRAINED BRECCIA CEMENT AND AS WHITE TO GREEN, COARSELY CRYSTALLINE, CUBIC FLUORITE.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D009838 BY RONALD G. WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FORM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-78 Lawrence,V. A. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JAN-83 Worl, Ronald G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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