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Bear Canyon Upper Contact Deposits

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Barium-Barite, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062746
MRDS ID TC36296
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Canyon Upper Contact Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.47139, 32.56041 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bennett Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sands(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(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

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 20S 05E 19 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • IN SAN ANDRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fusselman Dolomite
    Rock description Fusselman Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.47139, 32.56041
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF LEAD PRODUCED BY CRUDE SMELTING.

Comments on the workings information

  • HOLES AND SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GALENA FORMS 5% OF ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. (Sutphin, D.) U.S. Geological Survey

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