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Purple Heart Mine

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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013294
MRDS ID D009514
Record type Site
Current site name Purple Heart Mine
Related records 10184252

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.5823, 32.76733 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position ABOUT 18 MILES S 88 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018S 017W 03 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON THE CLIFF TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 63.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization, Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE FROM STOCKPILE CONTAINED 30.6 % CAF2
Result 48.5% SIO2
Result 16.9% CACO3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.5823, 32.76733
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Along A Northwest Striking Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 34 TO 47 W
    Dip 68 NE TO VERTICAL
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 182.88M
    Width 32M

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 1947
Discoverer John A. And Bernard Harrison
Year of first production 1947
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Telegraph District: Northern Burro Mountains; Wild Horse Mesa Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. George And J. Wallace ; J. A. King
    Home office Casa Grande, Az.
    First year 1949
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. B. Tucker And C. C. Hazen
    Home office El Paso, Tx.
    First year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • GILLERMAN, E., 1964, REPORTED SEVERAL CARLOADS SHIPPED IN 1954 AND 1955, AND A FEW TRUCKLOADS SHIPPED IN 1957 AND 1958.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 32.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 65 FT. INCLINED SHAFT ANDA 108 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH SHORT DRIFTS ON SEVERAL WORKING LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1952 USGS BULL 973-F, P. 286-287

  • Deposit

    HEWITT, C.H., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 60, P. 121

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1960 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-15

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 153-155

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 62-63

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN TWO VEINS, AS FRACTURE FILLING AND CRUSTIFORM MASSES ON GRANITE FRAGMENTS IN A FAULT BRECCIA ZONE. MINERALIZATION IS UP TO 10 FT THICK, CROPS OUT ALONG STRIKE FOR ABOUT 600 FT, AND IS EXPOSED IN WORKINGS TO A DEPTH OF 105 FT. MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS COARSELY CRYSTALLINE, GREEN AND PURPLE FLUORITE THAT SHOWS OCTOHEDRON AND DODECAHEDRON FACES, AND AS CRUSHED SUGAR SPAR MIXED WITH CLAYEY MATERIAL AND MN-OXIDES OR FINELY CRYSTALLINE, BRECCIA CEMENTING FLUORITE. HARD VASPEROID SILICA DILUTES THE ORE. THE N47W VEIN RANGES IN WIDTH FROM 3 TO 4 FT AND IS TRACEABLE FOR 600 FT. THE N40W VEIN HAS ITS FOOTWALL IN GRANITE AND HANGING WALL IN SOFT GAUGE THAT TENDS TO CAVE.
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D009831 BY RONALD G. WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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