All American Fluorspar Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Copper
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014060
MRDS ID D010677
Record type Site
Current site name All American Fluorspar Mine
Alternate or previous names All American Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.75862, 34.21342 (WGS84)
Elevation 2355
Relative position ABOUT 40 MILES N 10 E OF CARRIZOZO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pajaro Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corona(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Sumner(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 001S 011E 23 N2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN SHAFT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 115.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bastnaesite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A COMPOSITE OF SEVEN GRAB SAMPLES CONTAINED
Result 54.3% CAF2
Result 23.2% SIO2
Result 11.5% BASO4
Result 1.5% CAO.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 174
USGS model code 26b
Deposit model name Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Trachyte
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Yeso Formation
    Rock description Yeso Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.75862, 34.21342

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Localized In A Brecciated Zone At The Intersection Of Two Faults.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Year of first production 1949
Year of last production 1951

Mining district

District name Gallinas Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Vernon Taylor And James Mallery
    Home office Albuquerque, N.M.
    First year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. D. French
    First year 1966

Comments on the production information

  • WILLIAMS, 1966, REPORTED A TOTAL OF 129 TONS OF FLUORSPAR ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM 1949 TO 1951.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 56.39M
    Overall depth 25.91M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF AN 85 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH A 185 FT. CURVED DRIFT AT THE BOTTOM, AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 113

  • Deposit

    SOULE, J.H., 1946 USBM RI-3854, 25 PAGES

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 68, PLATE 8

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 77

  • Deposit

    PERHAC, R.M., 1970 NMBMMR BULL 95, P. 35-45, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT OF THE MATRIX OF A BRECCIA ZONE AND AS SMALL VEINLETS IN BRECCIA FRAGMENTS. ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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