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Palm Park Barite Deposit

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, 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. Reserves and resources
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012966
MRDS ID D009005
Record type Site
Current site name Palm Park Barite Deposit
Alternate or previous names Palmer Park Barite Deposit: Palm Park Mine
Related records 10174586

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.12502, 32.74956 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 36 MILES N 34 W OF LAS CRUCES., Within A Radius Of One Mile., Within A Radius Of One Mile., Within A Radius Of One Mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hatch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(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 Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018S 003W 10,11,14,15 SE (10); SW (11); NW (14); NE (15) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE DEPOSIT.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chert Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fusselman Dolomite
    Rock description Fusselman Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.12502, 32.74956
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Is Concentrated Along A Horst In The Core Of A N 40 W Trending Antiform Which Plunges 10 To 15 Degrees Southeast.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip 10 TO 15 SE
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 2286M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Fault Zones And Replaced Favorable Host Rock And Filled Open Spaces.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1949

Mining district

District name Rincon District: Southern Caballo Mountains: Red House Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Barite Of America
    Home office 111 West Pine St., Deming, N.M. 88030
    First year 1980

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1949
    Total resources 181000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Barium-Barite BaSO4 40 wt-pct Barium Major 1949
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Total resources 226000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Barium-Barite BaSO4 28 wt-pct Barium Major 1978
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Total resources 680000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Barium-Barite BaSO4 27 wt-pct Barium Major 1979

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTED BY NUMEROUS TRENCHES AND OPENCUTS.

Comments on development

  • ABOUT 150 SHALLOW HOLES WERE DRILLED IN 1978 AND 1979.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C., AND SILVER, C., 1952 UNIV. OF N.M. PUBLICATION NO 4, P. 199

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO,P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P.6-9

  • Deposit

    SEAGER, W.R., AND HAWLEY, J.W., 1973 NMBMMR BULL 101, P. 30, SHEET 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT OCCURS AS REPLACEMENTS, DISCONTINUOUS VEINS AND OPEN SPACE FILLINGS IN THE UPPER PART OF THE FUSSELMAN DOLOMITE. DEPOSIT HAS A LENGTH OF ABOUT 7500 FT., RANGES FROM 20 FT. TO 200 FT. IN WIDTH, AND AVERAGES 12 FT. IN THICKNESS. 25 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1979.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1920'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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