| Deposit ID | 10010032 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003383 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Fluorite Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Kneyer Mines: Claims, Fluorite Nos. 1 To 12 |
| Related records | 10149909 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.78341, 32.25485 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1353 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 8 MILES S 35 W OF LORDSBURG. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hidalgo(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gary(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
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 | Hidalgo |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 023S;024S | 019W;019W | 34,35,02,03 | SE (34); SW (35); NW (02); NE (03) | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Result | AN AVERAGE OF 231 TONS MINED IN 1945 CONTAINED 60% CAF2, 30% SIO2, AND 8% CACO2. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | -108.78341, 32.25485 |
|---|
| General form | LENSE, LENTICULAR PODS |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1937 |
| Year of last production | 1945 |
| District name | Lordsburg/Pyramid Subdistrict |
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| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | L. K. Diffenderfer |
| First year | 1948 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kneyer Mines, Inc. And The State Of New Mexico |
| First year | 1945 |
| Year | 1944 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1944 | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 19.81M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003383 |
ROTHROCK, H. E., JOHNSON, C. H., AND HAHN, A. D., 1946, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 21, P 104-106
U. S. BUREAU MINES, 1978, MINERAL INVENTORY LOCATION SYSTEM, SILVER CITY MAP 1:250,000.
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 70-71
THORMAN, C.H., AND DREWES, H., 1978 USGS MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP, I-1151
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 71.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. SHORT DISCONTINUOUS VEINS AS WIDE AS 1 M. TRENDING NW (SEC. 2) AND NE (SEC. 34) IN ANDESITE. |
| Deposit | RECORD # D009945 BY JERRY L. HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-78 | Richter, D. H. | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-83 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-83 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-90 | Bolm, Karen S. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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