| Deposit ID | 10013663 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010078 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Greenspar Mine 1966 |
| Alternate or previous names | Grattan State Land Mine 1946, Cox Prospect 1928 |
| Related records | 10013936 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.73616, 32.41624 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1585 |
| Relative position | 11.5 MI N 03 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
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Luna |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 022S | 009W | 02 | SE OF SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | A GRAB SAMPLE FROM A BIN CONTAINED 67.5% CAF2, 22.4% SIO2, AND 2.5% CACO3. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt |
| (1) | -107.73616, 32.41624 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Northward Trending Shear Zone |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 30 W TO N 15 E |
| Dip | 65 W TO 80 E |
| Length | 48.77M |
| Width | 2.29M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 33.53M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1924 |
| Discoverer | S.A. Cox; Deming, Nm |
| Year of first production | 1924 |
| Year of last production | 1947 |
| District name | Fluorite Ridge Area (Central Group) |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Oscar Abrahams |
| Home office | Albuquerque, N.M. |
| First year | 1940 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | P. L. Grattan |
| First year | 1966 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 33.53M |
| Overall length | 48.77M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010078 |
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 84-85.
JOHNSTON, WD, 1928, NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 100.
ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 141.
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 84.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MEDIUM TO COARSELY CRYSTALLINE, WHITE TO PALE GREEN FLUORITE, OCCURS IN VEINLETS WITH QUARTZ FOLLOWING A SHEAR ZONE ADVACENT TO A BASALT DIKE. THESE VEINLETS STRIKE N 30 W TO N 15 E AND DIP 65 W TO 80 E. THE VEINLETS ARE TRACGABLE FOR ABOUT 700 FT, ARE FROM LESS THAN ONE TO SLIGHTLY MORE THAN 12 IN THICK. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1983 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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