| Deposit ID | 10013293 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009515 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Reed Fluorspar Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Reed Deposit |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.5709, 32.77289 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1722 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 17 MILES S 89 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 | 02 | CENTER OF N2 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLE OF HAND SORTED ORE CONTAINED 52.4% CAF2 |
|---|---|
| Result | 39.0% SIO2 |
| Result | 0.3% CACO3 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -108.5709, 32.77289 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nw Trending Fault |
| General form | LENS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 60 W |
| Dip | 75 TO 80 SW |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Length | 91.44M |
| Width | 15.24M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1951 |
| Discoverer | James L. Reed |
| Year of first production | 1953 |
| Year of last production | 1954 |
| District name | Telegraph District: Burro Mountains; Wild Horse Mesa Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. L. Reed |
| First year | 1954 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | James L. Reed |
| Home office | Hurley, N.M. |
| First year | 1961 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009515 |
GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 156-157
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 61-62
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS, VEINLETS, AND FLUORSPAR CEMENTED BRECCIA IN A NORTHWEST-TRENDING FAULT ZONE 3 TO 4 FT. THICK. MINERALIZATION CROPS OUT ALONG STRIKE FOR ABOUT 300 FT. AND IS EXPOSED IN WORKINGS TO A DEPTH OF 50 FT.. FLUORITE IS COARSELY CRYSTALLINE TO MASSIVE, PALE GREEN TO WHITE, AND CONTAINS OCTAHEDRAL CRYSTALS MODIFIED BY CUBES AND TRISOCTAHEDRONS. FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE EARLY 1950'S. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D009832 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-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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