| Deposit ID | 10013281 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009498 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gold Spar Mine 1952 |
| Alternate or previous names | Bluebird Mine 1926, Rain Creek Mine 1929, Good Hope Mine 1939: Claims, Gold Spar Nos. 1 and 2 |
| Related records | 10223521 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.66952, 33.18177 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1745 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 36 MILES N 39 W OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rice Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Gila National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 013S | 018W | 11 | SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | GRAB SAMPLE FROM STOCKPILED ORE CONTAINED 62.5% CAF2 |
|---|---|
| Result | 32.2% SIO2 |
| Result | 0.5% CACO3. ANALYSES FROM VEIN SAMPLES AVERAGED 63.7% CAF2, 14.5% SIO2, 16.05% CACO3, AND 5.1% MNO. |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Cooney Quartz Latite | ||||||
| Rock description | Cooney Quartz Latite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite |
| (1) | -108.66952, 33.18177 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 05 E |
| Dip | 80 NW |
| Thickness | 2.44M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1914 |
| Year of last production | 1953 |
| District name | Seventy-Four Mountain District: Mogollon Mountains Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Fayette Rice And D.C. Cooper |
| Home office | Gila, N.M. |
| First year | 1953 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lee Rice |
| Home office | Oracle, Ariz. |
| First year | 1970 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 9.14M |
| Overall length | 132.59M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009498 |
JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 114-115
ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 96-97
GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 178-179
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 55-59
RATTE, J.C., AND GASKILL, D.L., 1975 USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-886
RATTE, J.C., AND OTHERS, 1979 USGS BULL 1451, P. 156
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 56.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D009836 BY RONALD G. WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN PARTLY BRECCIATED FAULT ZONES AS FISSURE FILLING AND AS CEMENTING MATERIAL FOR BRECCIATED ROCK FRAGMENTS. IRREGULAR AND DISCONTINUOUS VEINS OF FLUORITE, CALCITE AND QUARTZ GENERALLY TREND N05E AND DIP 80W WITHIN A FAULT ZONE IN DARK GRAY OR TAN LATITE PORPHYRY. THE TRACEABLE EXTENT OF THE VEIN OUTCROP IS 800 FT HOWEVER MINABLE ORE IS LIMITED TO THE SOUTHERN 200 FT. AT THE SOUTH END THE VEIN NARROWS SHARPLY WHILE AT THE NORTHERN END THE VEIN CONTENT INCREASES GREATLY IN CALCITE. FLUORITE IS GENERALLY PALE GREEN TO WHITE, COARSELY CRYSTALLINE, AND CONTAINS BANDS OF PURPLE COLORATION. DARK BROWN TO BLACK CALCITE IS THE CHIEF GANGUE MINERAL. TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE 1950'S. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-JAN-1983 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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