| Deposit ID | 10013658 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010072 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Valley Mine |
| Related records | 10296414 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.69699, 32.39041 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1405 |
| Relative position | 10 MI N 10 E OF DEMING, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Luna(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Massacre Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Deming(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)
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Luna |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 022S | 008W | 17 | NW OF SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | A HANDPICKED GRAB SAMPLE FROM STORED ROCK CONTAINED 70.3% CAF2, 23.3% SIO2. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | -107.69699, 32.39041 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | N 15 W Trending Fault |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 15 W |
| Dip | NEAR VERTICAL |
| Length | 243.84M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1942 |
| Year of first production | 1949 |
| Year of last production | 1950 |
| District name | Fluorite Ridge Area (Southeast Group) |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | H. E. Mccray . |
| First year | 1950 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Finley Dunagan |
| First year | 1958 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 22.86M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010072 |
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC. 8307, P. 92
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 92.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1940'S |
| Deposit | A NEARLY VERTICAL VEIN OF QUARTZ AND FLUORITE IN GRANODIORITE STRIKES N 15 W. THE ORE CONTAINS DENSE TO FINELY CRYSTALLINE FLUORITE, CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH QUARTZ DILUTENT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1983 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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