| Deposit ID | 10012970 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009011 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tonuco Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Tonuco Vein, Beal Vein: Beulah May Group Patented In 1948, Claims, Beulah May Nos. 1 and 2, Beal Mine |
| Related records | 10199469 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.98225, 32.60095 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1341 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 23 MILES N 30 W OF LAS CRUCES. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Dona Ana(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Selden Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
White Sands(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Dona Ana |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 020S;019S | 001W;001W | 06,31 | N2 (06); S2 (31) | New Mexico |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | WILLIAMS, 1966, REPORTED ASSAYS FOR FOUR GRAB SAMPLES FROM STOCKPILED ORE WHICH CONTAINED AN AVERAGE OF 32.1% CAF2 |
|---|---|
| Result | 42.8% BASO4 |
| Result | 21.6% SIO2 |
| Result | 1.1% CACO3. |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||
| |||
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 20 TO 70 W |
| Dip | 60 TO 70 SW |
| Thickness | 6.1M |
| Length | 304.8M |
| Width | 19.81M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1917 |
| Discoverer | Roy And Pete Beal |
| Year of first production | 1918 |
| Year of last production | 1928 |
| District name | Tonuco Mountain District: San Diego Mountain Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Newall Pitt Corp. |
| Home office | Pittsburg, Pa. |
| First year | 1940 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | C. W. Beal |
| Home office | Albuquerque, N.M. |
| First year | 1960 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 457.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009011 |
JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 65-72
DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 263-264
ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 53-54
WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 10-12
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 19-22
SEAGER, W.R., HAWLEY, J.W., AND CLEMONS, R.E., 1971 NMBMMR BULL 97, P. 25
SEAGER, W.R., 1975 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-35
MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P.16, P.23
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
MCANULTY, W.N., 1978, P. 16
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF PARALLEL TO EN ECHELON VEINS AND FILLED FISSURES ALONG A NORTHWEST-TRENDING FAULT ZONE. THE VEINS CROP OUT ALONG STRIKE FOR A LENGTH OF 3000 FT, RANGE FROM A FEW INCHES TO 20 FT THICK, AND ARE EXPOSED IN WORKINGS TO A DEPTH OF 65 FT. THE ORE AT THE MINE IS A MIXTURE OF BARITE AND FLUORITE, SOMETIMES CLOSELY INTERGROWN BUT USUALLY CRYSTALLIZED IN DISTINCT MASSES EASILY SEPARATED IN MILLING. VEINS ON THE WESTERN END OF THE PROPERTY ARE KNOWN AS THE TONUCO VEINS AND VEINS TO THE SOUTHEAST ARE KNOWN AS THE BEAL VEINS. TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2119 AND SEVENTEEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS REPORTED IN THE 1960'S. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D009948 BY RONALD G. WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1982 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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