Unnamed Prospect

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013690
MRDS ID D010117
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.02341, 35.06812 (WGS84)
Elevation 2341
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 8 MI S 30 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

Paxton Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Zuni(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(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 010N 011W 29 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1952)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Permian rocks, undivided

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 Nw Trending Major Faults Near Prospect

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, WN, 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 20.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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.