| Deposit ID | 10009965 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003286 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Windmill Fluorspar Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.38784, 32.40901 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1646 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 26.5 MILES S 14 W OF SILVER CITY. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 022S | 015W | 09 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -108.38784, 32.40901 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | N05w Trending Fault |
| General form | LENSE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 05 W |
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Thickness | 0.61M |
| Length | 30.48M |
| Width | 7.62M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Bound Ranch District |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | State Of New Mexico |
| Home office | New Mexico |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003286 |
HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS
GILLERMAN, E., 1952, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF BURRO MOUNTAINS AND VICINITY, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 973-F, P281, 284.
WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIR, 8307, P 54-55// 5) U.S. BUREAU MINES, 1978, MINERAL INVENTORY LOCATION SYSTEM, SILVER CITY MAP 1:250,000.
HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1039
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| 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 |
| 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 |
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