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Carroll Prospect 1970's

Occurrence in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011717
MRDS ID D006821
Record type Site
Current site name Carroll Prospect 1970's
Related records 10272430

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.20559, 33.03428 (WGS84)
Elevation 1570
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 7.5 MILES S 20 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

Palomas Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 015S 004W 1 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT IS REPORTED TO BE IN SECTION ONE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MCANULTY, 1978, REPORTED CAF2 CONTENT RANGES FROM LESS THAN 5 % TO MORE THAN 60 %, ESTIMATED AVERAGE CONTENT BETWEEN 20 % TO 35 % CAF2 AND SUGGESTED BULK SAMPLING TO ESTABLISH A RELIABLE AVERAGE GRADE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Magdalena Group
    Rock description Magdalena Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.20559, 33.03428
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Coy Carroll
    Home office Williamsburg, N.M.
    First year 1978

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF EXCAVATING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 48-49

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OCCUR IN TWO WELL-DEVELOPED FLUORITE-JASPEROID MANTOS. ONE MANTO IS EXPOSED FOR 1500 FT. IN LENGTH, 100 FT. IN WIDTH, AND 6 FT. TO 8 FT. IN THICKNESS. BOTH CONCORDANT AND DISCORDANT JASPEROID BODIES OCCUR WITH COARSE-GRAINED FLUORITE PRESENT IN VUGS AND OPENINGS BETWEEN BRECCIA CLASTS OF JASPEROID. 18 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

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

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