Las Huertas Barite Prospect

Occurrence in Sandoval county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014464
MRDS ID D011252
Record type Site
Current site name Las Huertas Barite Prospect
Related records 10150929

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.39947, 35.30673 (WGS84)
Elevation 1966
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 8.8 MILES S 89 E OF BERNALILLO, NM, Within A Radius Of 250 Feet, Within A Radius Of 250 Feet

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sandoval(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placitas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Santa Fe(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(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 Sandoval

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 013N 005E 34 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY WILLIAMS (1964, P.21). THERE IS NO UTM GRID IN THIS LOCATION. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Galena Gangue

Analytical data

Result A CHANNEL SAMPLE BY WILLIAMS (1964, P. 23)ASSAYED 71.1% BAS04, 9.8% CAF2, AND 0.17% PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Sandia
    Rock description Sandia
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.39947, 35.30673

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sandia Uplift- East Side Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticlinal Fold Trending N 35 W

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 35 W
    Dip SOUTHWEST LIMB: 30 TO 50 SW
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 18.29M
    Width 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • An Anticlinal Fold

Comments on the geologic information

  • A SMALL DIAPIR OF FINE-GRAINED PRECAMBRIAN GNEISS IS THRUST UP FROM THE WEST CAUSING THE ANTICLINAL STRUCTURE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name Placitas District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Barite Corp. Of America
  • Type Owner
    Owner San Antonio De Las Huertas Grant

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 24.38M
    Overall length 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 60-FT ADIT WITH A CAVED WINZE AT THE FACE, A 10-FT PIT, AND A 20-FT ADIT LOWER ON THE HILLSIDE. THESE WORKINGS ARE ALL ON THE SW LIMB.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KELLEY, V.C. AND S.A. NORTHRUP, 1975, NMBMMR MEM 29, P. 77, 105, MAPS 1-4,

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., P.V. FILLO AND P.A. BLOOM, 1964, NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 21-23

  • Deposit

    CONFIDENTIAL USBM FILES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG THE CREST OF AN ANTICLINE WHOSE AXIS STRIKES N 35 W. THE MINERALIZATION IS THICKEST ON TOP AND THINS DOWN EACH LIMB.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S (?)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-84 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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