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Seventy-Four Mountain Prospect

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013500
MRDS ID D009833
Record type Site
Current site name Seventy-Four Mountain Prospect
Related records 10223470

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.64063, 33.17288 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 15 MI N 05 W OF CLIFF, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rice Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila(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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 013S 017W 18 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • THE PROSPECT IS HIGH ON THE SW SLOPE OF SEVENTY-FOUR MOUNTAIN 0.7 MI NE OF THE BAR X-7 RANCH OWNED BY A. J. INMAN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.64063, 33.17288
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N 12 W Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 12 W
    Dip 84 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mogollon Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SMALL OPENCUT ON THE VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 59.

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 97.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORITE OCCURS IN A NARROW VEIN ALONG A RHYOLITE DIKE CUTTING ANDESITE. IT CONSISTS OF 6 IN OF FLUORITE AND 6 IN OF BRECCIATED MATERIAL CONTAINING SOME FLUORSPAR EXPOSED IN AN OPENCUT. THE TRACEABLE LENGTH OF THE VEIN IS ABOUT 100 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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