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Spar Hill 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. 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. Production statistics
  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 10013310
MRDS ID D009533
Record type Site
Current site name Spar Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Pine Canyon Fluorspar Prospects: Claims, Spar Hill, Spar Hill Nos. 1,2 and 3, Spar Hill Deposit
Related records 10223194

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.47923, 32.6229 (WGS84)
Elevation 2027
Relative position ABOUT 16.5 MILES S 48 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

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 019S 016W 27 S2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT CAN BE REACHED BY TRAVELING 10.2 MI SOUTH FROM SILVER CITY ON NM 180, 1.5 MI WEST TO TYRONE, AND 10.5 MI SW ALONG GRADED DIRT ROAD. ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE SPAR HILL MINE AS SHOWN ON THE BURRO PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

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) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.47923, 32.6229
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposits Occur Along The Northeast Striking Spar Hill Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, PODS
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 70 NW
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 15.24M

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 1941
Discoverer Marshall N. Kuykendal
Year of first production 1942
Year of last production 1945

Mining district

District name Burro Mountains District: Pine Canyon Area, Tyrone Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Marshall N. Kuykendall
    Home office Lordsburg, N.M.
    First year 1958
  • Type Owner
    Owner Marshall N. Kuykendall
    Home office Lordsburg, N.M.
    First year 1966

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period Early 1940'S
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average Grade 52.5% Caf2.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CaF2 Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 53wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 27.43M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1966 THE SPAR HILL CLAIM WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH A 50 FT INCLINED SHAFT AND A 90 FT DRIFT EXTENDING WESTWARD FROM THE 40 FT LEVEL. A GLORY HOLE AND NUMEROUS PITS OR TRENCHES WERE ALSO DUG ON THE MINERALIZED AREA. SPAR HILL NO. 2 CLAIM (ONCE CALLED PINE CANYON) WAS WORKED BY NUMEROUS SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 74-75

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1952 USGS BULL 973-F, P. 277-278

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 66

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 66-67

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 17

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 67.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D009828 BY RONALD G. WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit AT THE EASTERN END OF THE CLAIM GROUP ON THE SPAR HILL CLAIM, FLUORSPAR OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT FILLING IN A SHATTERED ZONE AND AS CEMENTING MATERIAL IN A BRECCIATED ZONE ALONG A FAULT THAT STRIKES N60E AND DIPS TO NW IN PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE AND TERTIARY RHYOLITE. THE FAULT CAN BE TRACED FOR ABOUT 500 FT. THE MINERALIZED ZONE RANGES IN WIDTH FROM A FEW INCHES AT EITHER END OF THE EXPOSED OUTCROP TO AS MUCH AS 20 FT IN THE BRECCIA ZONE. EASTWARD FROM THE BRECCIA ZONE, FLUORSPAR OCCURS AS CREVICE-AND-FRACTURE-FILLING FOR ABOUT 75 FT WHERE A NW TRENDING CROSS-FAULT CUTS OFF THE VEIN AT THE WESTERN END. THE VEIN, DILUTED BY QUARTZ, PINCHES OUT, PARTICULARLY IN RHYOLITE HOST ROCK. FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE 1940'S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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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