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Huckleberry Mine

Past Producer in Catron 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062345
MRDS ID TC35712
Record type Site
Current site name Huckleberry Mine
Alternate or previous names Whitewater Prospect
Related records 10271741

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.8212, 33.31704 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holt Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila 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 Catron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 11S 19W 20,29 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • IN MOGOLLON MOUNTAINS, GILA NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Fluoritization (At Least 2 Episodes)

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 > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Cooney Formation
    Rock description Cooney Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.8212, 33.31704
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLAIMS LIE ASTRIDE A LARGE COMPLEX FAULT ZONE ALONG THE WEST TOPOGRAPHIC MARGIN OF THE MOGOLLON MOUNTAINS. COONEY FM IS A LATITIC LITHIC CRYSTAL TUFF INTRUDED BY ENE-TRENDING RHYOLITE DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Total resources 18000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Fluorine-Fluorite CaF2 30 wt-pct Fluorine Major 1973

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INDICATED AND PROBABLE RESERVES ARE ADDITIVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, W.N., 1978, FLUORSPAR IN NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES MEMOIR 34, P. 50-52

  • Production

    MCANULTY, 1978.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORITE OCCURS IN SILICIFIED FAULT ZONES AND LESS ABUNDANTLY AS PODS AND VEINLETS CUTTING THE RHYOLITE DIKES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1991 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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