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Red Cloud Prospect

Occurrence in Sierra 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013677
MRDS ID D010097
Record type Site
Current site name Red Cloud Prospect
Related records 10175268

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.24226, 32.87095 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 15 MI N 05 W OF HATCH, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McLeod Tank(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016S 004W 33 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.24226, 32.87095
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault In Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1953
Year of last production 1953

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. K. Walker And G. W. Bletcher
    First year 1953
  • Type Owner
    Owner G. K. Walker And G. W. Bletcher
    First year 1966

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY TEST PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPENCUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 119.

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, WN, 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 19.

  • Production

    MCANULTY, WN, 1978, P. 19.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN PODS AND LENSES ALONG A NW STRIKING VEIN IN PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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