| Deposit ID | 10010044 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003403 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0350170070 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | JAP Ranch Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | JPB Ranch Deposit, JAP Ranch Fluorspar Prospect, Japanese Ranch Deposit (incorrectly renamed by GEONAMES) |
| Point of reference | Geographic coordinates: | Elevation | UTM | Precision | Relative position | Point location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -108.3709, 32.36512 (WGS84) | 1593 | ABOUT 29 MILES S 11 W OF SILVER CITY. | ||||
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| -108.35479, 32.36123 (WGS84) | 1585 | |||||
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Soldiers Farewell Hill(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 022S | 015W | 26 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| 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) | -108.3709, 32.36512 | |
|---|---|---|
| (2) | -108.35479, 32.36123 |
| General form | IRREGULAR, TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 15 TO 20 E |
| Dip | 65 TO 80 SE |
| Thickness | 1M |
| Length | 30M |
| Width | 5M |
| Area | 20HA |
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Bound Ranch District |
|---|---|
| District name | Gold Hills Mining District |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003403 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0350170070 | data consolidated into this record |
Hedlund, D., Unpublished U.S. Geological Survey Geol. Maps
Gillerman, E., 1952, Fluorspar Deposits Of Burro Mountains And Vicinity, Newmexico: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 973-F, P 262, 281-282
U.S. Bureau Mines, 1978, Mineral Inventory Location System, Silver City Map 1,250,000.
Williams, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 54
Hedlund, D.C., 1978 USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies Map Mf-1033
NMBMMR General File Data
McAnulty, W.N. UTEP Grant G0254013
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | This Record Contains Data From Record Number D009839 By Ronald G. Worl Which Has Been Deleted From Mrds. ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit; 2 Unpub Rept |
| Deposit | Fluorspar Occurs Sparingly In A Fissure Veinlet System. Deposit Consists Of Pods And Veinlets In A Northeast-Trending Fault. Veinlets Are From A Few Inches To 12 Inches Thick And Crop Out For A Length Of 80 Ft. Fluorite Is Pale Green And Well Crystallized In The Form Of Cubes And Dodecahedrens. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-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 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | McAnulty, W.N. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.