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Fairview Prospect

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. 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 10011906
MRDS ID D007096
Record type Site
Current site name Fairview Prospect
Related records 10248306

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.61282, 33.40121 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position ABOUT 27.5 MILES N 48 W 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

Jaralosa Mountain(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010S 008W 36 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST FLANK OF THE SIERRA CUCHILLO MOUNTAINS ABOUT 6000 FT. NORTH OF NEW MEXICO STATE ROUTE 52.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM F.E. WILLIAMS, 1961 P. 115.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLE ASSAYED 50 % CAF2
Result 31.2 % SIO2
Result 7.5 % CACO3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.61282, 33.40121
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone Strikes N 35 W.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 W
    Dip 25 NE
    Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CUCHILLO 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 Cuchillo District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Blanchard Hanson
    Home office Truth Or Consequences, N.M.
    First year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Mexico
    Home office New Mexico

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 1.83M
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF A TRENCH AND SURFACE STRIPPING BY BULLDOZER.

Comments on development

  • F.E. WILLIAMS, 1966 P. 115, REPORTED ABOUT 200 TONS OF ORE WAS MINED AND STOCKPILED IN TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES BY B. HANSON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., 1955 GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SIERRA COUNTY REGION, N.M., NMGS SIXTH FIELD CONFERENCE GUIDEBOOK

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 114-115

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A VEIN IN A FAULT ZONE WHICH MARKS A CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND AN APLITE DIKE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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