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Lone Star No.7 Prospect

Occurrence in Catron 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 10013489
MRDS ID D009805
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Star No.7 Prospect
Related records 10222801

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.7873, 33.29788 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 6.5 MILES S 75 E FROM GLENWOOD, NEW MEXICO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holt Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(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)

Gila Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Catron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 011S 019W 34 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED 48.1% CAF2, 33.4% SIO2, AND 1.6% CAC03

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.7873, 33.29788
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Nnw Trending Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Trending N20w

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip 65 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1931

Mining district

District name Mogollon Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Felix And Arment Menges, Glenwood And Reserve, New Mexico.
    First year 1966

Comments on the workings information

  • A 40 FT ADIT AND A SHALLOW OPENCUT ARE ALL THE WORKINGS ON THE PROPERTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P.15

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COARSE GREEN FLUORITE OCCURS FOR ABOUT 700 FT ALONG A FAULT ZONE 2 TO 10 FT WIDE AS BRECCIA FILLING WITH MANGANIFEROUS CALCITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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