| Deposit ID | 10010034 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003387 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Langford Fluorspar Prospect |
| Related records | 10247302 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.44145, 32.36012 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1676 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 30.5 MILES S 18 W OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Ninetysix 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 | 016W | 25 | SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -108.44145, 32.36012 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 15 TO 35 W |
| Dip | 62 TO 65 NE |
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Bound Ranch District: Langford Draw Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Charles Russell |
| Home office | Tyrone, N.M. |
| First year | 1950 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | State Of New Mexico |
| Home office | New Mexico |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003387 |
HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS
U.S. BUREAU MINES, 1978, MINERAL INVENTORY LOCATION SYSTEM, SILVER CITY MAP 1:250,000.
LOVERING, T. G., 1956, RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS IN NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 1009-L, P 353-354
GILLERMAN, E., 1952 USGS BULL 973-F, P. 285
HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1034
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT OCCURS AS VEINLETS, INCRUSTATIONS AND OPEN SPACE FILLING IN A 5 FT. THICK BRECCIA ZONE ALONG A NORTHWEST STRIKING FAULT. |
| Deposit | PRODUCTION PROBABLY LESS THAN 5 SHORT TONS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| 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 |
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