Langford Fluorspar Prospect

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010034
MRDS ID D003387
Record type Site
Current site name Langford Fluorspar Prospect
Related records 10247302

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.44145, 32.36012 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position ABOUT 30.5 MILES S 18 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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022S 016W 25 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1034

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.44145, 32.36012

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 15 TO 35 W
    Dip 62 TO 65 NE
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bound Ranch District: Langford Draw Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Charles Russell
    Home office Tyrone, N.M.
    First year 1950
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Mexico
    Home office New Mexico

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A FEW SMALL PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

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

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

Beyond USGS

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