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Section 27 Prospect

Past Producer in Luna 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013656
MRDS ID D010070
Record type Site
Current site name Section 27 Prospect
Related records 10126337

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.76532, 32.53706 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 19 MI NORTH OF DEMING, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dwyer SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 020S 009W 27 NW OF SW New Mexico

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) -107.76532, 32.53706
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A 42 In Wide Vein

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture In Granite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cook'S Peak Mining District

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 50 FT LONG BY A 30 FT DEEP OPENCUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, WE, 1957, NMBMMR BULL 38.

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 92-93.

  • Production

    ELSTON, WE, 1957.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A 42 IN WIDE VEIN CONTAINS FLUORSPAR STRINGERS UP TO 12 IN ACROSS. THE ORE IS COLORLESS OR LIGHT GREEN, AND HOST ROCK IS GRANITE.

Reporter information

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

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