| Deposit ID | 10013661 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010075 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hilltop Prospect 1966 |
| Alternate or previous names | Also Hilltop Spar Prospect 1946 |
| Related records | 10126522 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.7181, 32.39819 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1573 |
| Relative position | 10 MI N 06 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 | 009W | 13 | NE OF NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | A STOCKPILE (HAND-SORTED) GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED 41.7% CAF2, 50.6% SIO2. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -107.7181, 32.39819 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ne Trending Contact Zone |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 30 E |
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1949 |
| Year of last production | 1949 |
| District name | Fluorite Ridge Area (Southeast Group) |
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| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. B. Clary |
| Home office | Deming, N.M. |
| First year | 1946 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010075 |
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 85.
ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 138-139.
WILLIAMS, 1966, P. 85.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FLUORITE OCCURS WITH QUARTZ AND MINOR CALCITE IN SINUOUS VERTICAL VEINLETS THAT TREND N 30 E IN A BRECCIATED CONTACT ZONE BETWEEN MONZONITE PORPHYRY AND LIMESTONE. IT IS ALSO FOUND AS CAVITY FILLING IN SILICA BOXWORKS WITHIN THE LIMESTONE. ALLUVIUM PREVENTS TRACING THE VEINLETS FOR MORE THAN 100 FT. THE FLUORITE IS DENSE TO MEDIUM CUBIC CRYSTALLINE, WHITE TO PALE GREEN, AND BREAKS CLEANLY FROM ITS HOST ROCK. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1983 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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