Baso Four Claims 1942

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011715
MRDS ID D006819
Record type Site
Current site name Baso Four Claims 1942
Alternate or previous names Lava Gap Prospect 1925: Principal Claims, Baso Four No. 1, Baso Four No. 2
Related records 10273037

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.46863, 33.40844 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position ABOUT 50 MILES N 68 E OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Capitol Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010S 005E 30 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS ARE LOCATED NEAR THE NORTHERN END OF THE SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS ABOUT 2.5 MILES DUE EAST OF CAPITOL PEAK AND ARE WITHIN THE WHITE SANDS MISSLE RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM W.D. JOHNSON, 1928 P. 122

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYED 86.1 % CAF2
Result 8.4 % BASO4
Result 3.0 % CACO3
Result 0.4 % SIO4.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madera Formation
    Rock description Madera Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.46863, 33.40844

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Strikes N 20 E And Dips Nearly Vertically.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 804.65M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Were Channeled Along Faults And Localized In Fractures.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR GENERAL GEOLOGY SEE SAN ANDRES MOUNTAINS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1926

Mining district

District name San Andres Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. B. Hanson And N. C. Smith
    First year 1926
  • Type Owner
    Owner Blanchard S. Hanson
    First year 1966

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED PRODUCTION UNDER THE NAME LAVA GAP WAS 25 TONS IN 1926

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 1.22M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF INACCESSIBLE SHAFT ABOUT 60 FT. DEEP, AN OPENCUT 300 FT. IN LENGTH BY 4 TO 5 FT. WIDE BY 6 TO 8 FT DEEP, AND TWO SMALLER PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 121-122

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 117

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEMOIR 34, P. 19

  • Production

    F. E. WILLIAMS, 1966 P. 117

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN RANGES FROM 2 FT. TO 5 FT. WIDE AND GRADES PROGRESSIVELY TO MOSTLY BARITE NEAR THE NORTH END OF THE WORKINGS. 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1920'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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