Prospector Deposit 1966

Occurrence in Cibola county in New Mexico, United States with commodity 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. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013683
MRDS ID D010106
Record type Site
Current site name Prospector Deposit 1966
Alternate or previous names Porter-Mirabel Prospect 1946
Related records 10295816

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.99562, 34.97728 (WGS84)
Elevation 2243
Relative position 14.5 MI S 25 E OF MT. SEDGEWICK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cibola(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arrosa Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Acoma Pueblo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Plains(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Cibola

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 009N 011W 28 SE OF SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1961)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.99562, 34.97728

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The Zuni Mtns. Are An Elongate Nw Trending Dome With A Core Of Precambrian Rocks.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Zuni Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Moises Mirabel
    Home office Grants, N.M.
    First year 1966

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 50 FT ADIT AND A 40 FT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 140-141.

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 190.

  • Deposit

    GODDARD, EN, 1966, USGS MAP I-454.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORITE OCCURS AS BLUE OR PURPLE, MEDIUM TO COARSE, CUBIC CRYSTALS IN A VERTICAL BRECCIA ZONE. THE ZONE IS SEVERAL FT WIDE, BUT FLUORSPAR MINERALIZATION IS LIMITED TO 6 TO 18 IN.

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.

External references