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Fluoride Prospect

Occurrence in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011723
MRDS ID D006828
Record type Site
Current site name Fluoride Prospect
Alternate or previous names Claims: Fluoride Nos. 1 To 6
Related records 10151124

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.24003, 32.9765 (WGS84)
Elevation 1664
Relative position ABOUT 11 MILES DUE SOUTH 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

Apache Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(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 27 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS ARE LOCATED IN GRANITE WASH ON THE WESTERN FLANK OF THE CABALLO MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLE TAKEN ACROSS A 2 FT. VEIN; REPORTED BY F.E. WILLIAMS, 1966 P.108

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 34.2 % CAF2
Result 4.35% PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.24003, 32.9765
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N46W
    Dip 30NE
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1937

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. D. Tipton And Associates
    Home office Garfield N.M.
    First year 1937

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF ONE TRENCH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P.108

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS IN GRANITE-SCHIST CONTACT ZONE AND RANGES FROM A FEW INCHES TO 3 FT. IN WIDTH. 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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