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Moneymaker Fluorspar Prospect

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013292
MRDS ID D009512
Record type Site
Current site name Moneymaker Fluorspar Prospect
Alternate or previous names Claims In 1952, Moneymaker Nos. 1 and 2, St. Patrick Nos. 1 and 2
Related records 10223121

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.4384, 32.54595 (WGS84)
Elevation 1966
Relative position ABOUT 19 MILES S 31 W OF SILVER CITY, 1.9 MILES W OF RUSSELL RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burro Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 020S 015W 19,30 SW (19); N/2 (30) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1040. THE PROSPECT MAY BE REACHED BY TRAVELING 21.4 MILES SOUTH FROM SILVER CITY ON NM 180 AND 1.4 MILES WEST ALONG A DIRT ACCESS ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 68. THE ORE MINERAL IS COARSE- GRAINED, WHITE TO PALE GREEN AND WINE COLORED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A 5 FT. CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 40.7% CAF2
Result 53.8% SIO2
Result 0.3% CACO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Burro Mountain Granite
    Rock description Burro Mountain Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.4384, 32.54595
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Along The Northeast Striking Sprouse-Copeland Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 65 TO 85 E
    Dip 65 TO 75 SE
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 243.84M
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1932
Discoverer Charles Russell
Year of first production 1939
Year of last production 1952

Mining district

District name White Signal District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Charles Russell
    Home office Tyrone, N.M.
    First year 1952
  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Russell
    Home office Tyrone, N.M.
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • GILLERMAN, E., 1964 REPORTED SEVERAL CARLOADS SHIPPED IN 1954 AND 1958.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS TRENCHES, OPENCUTSAND SHALLOW SHAFTS. THE MAIN VEIN WAS UNCOVERED BY DOZER, COVERING EARLIER WORK, INCLUDING A 40 FT INCLINED SHAFT AND NUMEROUS TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 74

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1952 USGS BULL 973-F, P. 279-280, PLATE 54

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 76-77

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 67-68

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1040

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 68

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD # D009826 BY JERRY L. HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS AND FLUORSPAR CEMENTED BRECCIA WITHIN A NORTHEAST-STRIKING, HIGHLY SILICIFIED FAULT ZONE. MINERALIZATION CROPS OUT ALONG STRIKE FOR A LENGTH OF ABOUT 800 FT., RANGES FROM 2 TO 8 FT. THICK, AND IS EXPOSED IN WORKINGS TO A DEPTH OF ABOUT 40 FT.. FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE 1950'S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JAN-83 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-FEB-90 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

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