| Deposit ID | 10013653 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010066 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Old Hickory Mine |
| Related records | 10272017 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.73611, 34.2062 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2347 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | 8.5 MI S 80 W OF CORONA, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lincoln(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Rough Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Corona(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Fort Sumner(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Gallo Arroyo(hydrologic unit)
Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Cibola National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Lincoln |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 001S | 012E | 19 | SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Secondary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | A COMPOSITE OF SEVERAL CHANNEL SAMPLES CONTAINED 56.0% CAF2, 15.1% SIO2, 15.4% BASO4, 2.3% CAO. |
|---|
| Model code | 174 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 26b |
| Deposit model name | Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins) |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Yeso |
| Rock description | Yeso |
| (1) | -105.73611, 34.2062 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Dome Structure Caused By A Syenitic Laccolith |
| General form | LENTICULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 60.96M |
| Length | 59.44M |
| Width | 3.96M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 60.96M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| District name | Gallinas Mining District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Blm Roswell Resource Area |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Edna Lehman Davis And Adele Lehman |
| Home office | Alhambra, Ca. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010066 |
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 76-77.
ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 118-119.
SOULE, JH, 1946, USBM RI 3854, P. 7-8.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FLUORITE OCCURS WITH BARITE, CALCITE, DOLOMITE, QUARTZ, AND MINOR GALENA AND MALACHITE IN A BRECCIA VEIN ADJACENT TO A TRACHYTE DIKE IN QUARTZITE. THE ORE BODY IS 195 FT LONG AND ABOUT 13 FT WIDE. IT NARROWS TO ABOUT 11 FT AT THE 100 FT LEVEL AND 3 FT AT THE 200 FT LEVEL. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1983 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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