Blue Eagle Prospect

Occurrence in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013593
MRDS ID D009981
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Eagle Prospect
Related records 10247615

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.7048, 32.72094 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 4 MILES N 40 E FROM REDROCK, NEW MEXICO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redrock(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018S 018W 21,28 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT MAY BE REACHED BY TRAVELING 5.1 MILES NE FROM REDROCK ON THE NORTH BANK OF THE GILA RIVER.

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.7048, 32.72094

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N 20 W Trending Shatter Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, TABULAR
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip STEEPLY WEST

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Small Faults And Fractures Allowed Permeable Zone For Hydrothermal Solutions.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Anderson Mining District

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PROSPECT TRENCH WAS MADE ON THE SHATTERED ZONE WHERE THE ZONE IS 2 FT WIDE.

Comments on development

  • ONE LODE CLAIM WAS LOCATED IN 1944 BY SHERMAN HARPER OF ARENAS VALLEY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    1978A, US BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK.

  • Deposit

    1979, US BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER BANK.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN SEVERAL SMALL STRINGERS FROM LESS THAN 1 IN TO 2 IN ACROSS. THE FLUORITE IS PALE GREEN TO WHITE AND ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTE. THE STRINGERS ARE PART OF A SHATTERED ZONE IN PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE (ABOUT 2 FT WIDE) WHICH TRENDS N 20 W AND DIPS STEEPLY WEST.
Deposit DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D011509 BY RON WORL, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS, HAS BEEN INCUDED IN THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1984 Davies, Robert C. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.