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Big Nine Prospect

Occurrence in Hidalgo 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013569
MRDS ID D009937
Record type Site
Current site name Big Nine Prospect
Related records 10247276

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.93813, 32.7265 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 4.5 MI N 50 E OF VIRDEN, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canador Peak(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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018S 020W 19,20 W2 OF E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.93813, 32.7265
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LENSES
    Strike N 65 TO N 70 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 22.86M
    Width 0.05M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Veinlets In Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Steeple Rock District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner T. Windham And T. Johnson
    Home office Duncan, Az.
    First year 1944

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 15 FT TEST PIT AND TWO SMALL SHALLOW CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 72.

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 107.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS EXPOSE A 2 IN WIDE STRINGER OF PALE GREEN, DENSE FLUORITE IN GRANITE. THE STRINGER IS TRACEABLE FOR 75 FT. OTHER STRINGERS, LESS THAN ONE INCH WIDE, ARE SCATTERED SPARSELY IN AN AREA ABOUT 1000 FT IN DIAMETER.

Reporter information

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

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