| Deposit ID | 10013285 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009505 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cloverleaf Fluorspar Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Blackmoor Mine |
| Related records | 10271599 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.59452, 32.76844 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1577 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 18.5 MILES S 88 W OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mangas Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(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 | 018S | 017W | 03 | SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -108.59452, 32.76844 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NORTH-SOUTH |
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| Length | 137.16M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Telegraph District:Northern Burro Mountains; Buzzard Bay Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | R. Y. Chambers |
| Home office | Silver City, N.M. |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009505 |
ELSTON,W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP, GM-15
GILLERMAN,E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 155-156
WILLIAMS,F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 63
HEWITT,C.H., 1959,NMBMMR BULL. 60,P.122
GILLERMAN, E.,1952, USGS BULL. 973-F,P.286-287
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GREEN AND PURPLE FLUORITE OCCUR IN A 6 FT. THICK VEIN WHICH CROPS OUT FOR ABOUT 450 FT. ALONG STRIKE AND HAS BEEN PROSPECTED TO A DEPTH OF ABOUT 50 FT.. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D009830 BY RONALD G. WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-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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