Waddell Atir Prospect 1978

Occurrence in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -107.62198, 32.11402 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Relative position 14 MI S 40 E OF DEMING, NM.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 025S 008W 24 S2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ONE MILE SOUTH OF FLORIDA PEAK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A GRAB SAMPLE FROM A MINE CAR CONTAINED 19.7% CAF2, 41.0% BASO4, AND 1.8% PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.62198, 32.11402

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N 60 E Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 55 SE
    Length 60.96M
    Width 3.66M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Vein Along A Faulted Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Discoverer Cantwell And English

Mining district

District name Florida Mountains Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Consolidated Minerals Corp.
    First year 1959
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cantwell And English
    First year 1959

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 90 FT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 93-94

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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