| Deposit ID | 10013680 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010102 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Waddell Atir Prospect 1978 |
| Alternate or previous names | Waddell Prospect 1966, Atir Mine |
| Related records | 10198793 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.62198, 32.11402 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1902 |
| Relative position | 14 MI S 40 E OF DEMING, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Luna(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gym 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 | 025S | 008W | 24 | S2 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Secondary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | A GRAB SAMPLE FROM A MINE CAR CONTAINED 19.7% CAF2, 41.0% BASO4, AND 1.8% PB. |
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| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | -107.62198, 32.11402 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | N 60 E Trending Fault |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 60 E |
| Dip | 55 SE |
| Length | 60.96M |
| Width | 3.66M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1915 |
| Discoverer | Cantwell And English |
| District name | Florida Mountains Area |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Consolidated Minerals Corp. |
| First year | 1959 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cantwell And English |
| First year | 1959 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010102 |
WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 93-94
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | A WELL-DEFINED QUARTZ VEIN IN AN ANDESITE-RHYOLITE CONTACT CONTAINS FLUORITE, BARITE, CALCITE, AND GALENA. THE VEIN RANGES IN WIDTH FROM 5 TO 12 FT OVER A 200 FT LONG EXPOSED OUTCROP. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1910-1920 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1983 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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