| Deposit ID | 10013497 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009823 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Powell Prospect |
| Related records | 10296344 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.04647, 32.91955 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | 4 MI N 70 W OF THE MOHAWK MINE AND 1 MI EAST OF THE ARIZONA BORDER. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Tillie Hall Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Safford(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
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 016S | 021W | 18 | New Mexico |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | -109.04647, 32.91955 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Shear Zone |
| General form | PODS, IRREGULAR VEINS AND VEINLETS |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1942 |
| Year of last production | 1942 |
| District name | Steeple Rock |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Fred Powell |
| Home office | Duncan, Az. |
| First year | 1942 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Eugene Belcher |
| Home office | Thatcher, Az. |
| First year | 1978 |
| Year | 1942 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1942 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 59% Caf2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009823 |
MCANULTY, WN, 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P.33-34.
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 61.
ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 80.
BIGGERSTAFF, B.P., 1974, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M.S. THESIS, 102 P.
ROSEVEARE, G.H., 1969, MINERALS AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA, P. 93-102.
1978A, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK.
ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE MINERALIZATION IS LOCALIZED IN A HIGHLY BRECCIATED SHEAR ZONE TRENDING NW IN STRONGLY ARGILLIZED PURPLE ANDESITE. FAULT GOUGE AND SOME WALL ROCK HAVE BEEN REPLACED, AND SOME FISSURES ARE FILLED WITH VEINS ON SILICCOUS FLUORSPAR THAT RANGE IN WIDTH FROM A FEW INCHES TO 3 FT. THE WIDER PARTS ARE SMALL PODS OF ORE IRREGULARLY ARRANGED IN THE FRACTURED ZONE. THE FLUORSPAR IS TRANSLUCENT, GREEN, OR COLORLESS, CHIEFLY FINE-GRAINED AND INTIMATELY MIXED WITH QUARTZ THAT AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 30% OF THE WHOLE. |
| Deposit | THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D011428 BY RON WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-83 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-84 | Davies, Robert C. (Worl, Ron) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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