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Betts Deposit

Occurrence in Cibola 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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013698
MRDS ID D010129
Record type Site
Current site name Betts Deposit
Related records 10126321

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.03202, 35.08812 (WGS84)
Elevation 2307
Relative position 7 MI S 33 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)

Rio San Jose(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 19 NE 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
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.03202, 35.08812
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip 80 TO 85 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Near A Strong Nne Trending 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

Comments on the workings information

  • THE NORTH PORTION OF THE VEIN HAS BEEN EXCAVATED FOR A DISTANCE OF 80 FT TO DEPTHS RANGING FROM 10 TO 20 FT. THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE VEIN IS STOPED FOR A DISTANCE OF 45 TO 60 FT TO A DEPTH OF 82 FT. THE STOPES ARE FROM 2.5 TO 6 FT WIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 131.

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 184.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE OCCURS IN A SINGLE UNBRECCIATED VEIN COMPOSED ALMOST ENTIRELY OF COARSELY CRYSTALLING BANDED FLUORSPAR FROM 6 TO 18 IN ACROSS.

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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