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Terry Prospect 1948

Occurrence in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011920
MRDS ID D007113
Record type Site
Current site name Terry Prospect 1948
Alternate or previous names Claims, Pitchblende Strikes Nos. 1 & 4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.42754, 33.41232 (WGS84)
Elevation 1730
Relative position ABOUT 22 MILES N 27 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

Monticello(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Elephant Butte Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010S 006W 26 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ABOUT 1.75 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTICELLO, N.M. AND THE ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE SHAFT SHOWN ON THE MONTICELLO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Limestone

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Madera Group
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 68 W
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solution Associated With Intrusive Mass Localized In Breccia Structure.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CUCHILLO DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1948

Mining district

District name Sierra Cuchillo District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hanosh Mining Co.
    Home office Grants, N.M.
    First year 1953
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ray Terry, Earl Terry, W.H. Terry, W.H. Terry Jr.
    Home office Truth Or Consequences, N.M.
    First year 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1950 CONSISTED OF 4 SHALLOW PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOVERING, T.G., 1956 USGS BULL 1009-L, P. 368-371

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A STRUCTURAL FEATURE DESCRIBED AS A FAULT BRECCIA OR A COLLAPSE BRECCIA. 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

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

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