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Sadler Fluorspar Mine

Past Producer in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Quartz
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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. 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 10069413
MRDS ID W006933
Record type Site
Current site name Sadler Fluorspar Mine
Alternate or previous names Susan No. 1 Claim
Related records 10222988

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.71338, 32.39624 (WGS84)
Elevation 1471
Relative position ABOUT 9.5 MILES N 16 E OF DEMING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Massacre Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deming(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(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 Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022S 008W 18 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS SHOWN ON THE MASSACRE PEAK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Quartz Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A BENCH - SCALE FLOTATION TEST MADE ON A 34 KG SAMPLE FROM SORTED ROCK REVEALED 67.0% CAF2 AND 25.8% SIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.71338, 32.39624
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cooks Range Mountains To The Northeast
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fluorite Ridge Is Extensively Faulted Especially At The Southeastern End Where The Saddler Mine Is Located

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 TO 25 E
    Dip 70 SE
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 48.77M
    Width 27.43M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 48.77M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1909
Discoverer American Firemans Mining Co.
Year of first production 1909
Year of last production 1947

Mining district

District name Fluorite Ridge District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Allied Chemical Corp., General Chemical Division
    First year 1947
  • Type Owner
    Owner Allied Chemical Corp., General Chemical Division
    First year 1950

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FOR THE PERIOD OF 1925 TO 1932 IS NOT REPORTED BECAUSE IT WAS COMBINED WITH OTHER PROPERTIES, PARTICULARLY THE TORTUGAS MINE IN DONA ANA COUNTY, AND CANNOT BE INDIVIDUALLY IDENTIFIED. TOTAL IDENTIFIABLE PRODUCTION IS 34279 TONS. PRODUCERS WERE; AMERICAN FIREMANS MINING CO. 1909 TO 1913; LA PURISSIMA FLUORSPAR CO. 1932 TO 1937; AND GENERAL CHEMICAL CO. 1938 TO 1947.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF ABOUT 1000 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND TUNNELS. THE NO. 1 SHAFT WAS 180 FT. DEEP WITH THREE LEVELS, THE NO. 2 SHAFT WAS 110 FT. WITH ONE LEVEL AND A WINZE CONNECTING TO THE 180 FT. LEVEL OF THE OTHER SHAFT, AND A 250 FT. ADIT WAS LOCATED 200 FT. SOUTH OF THE NO. 1 SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAND - SORTED ORE FROM THE UPPER WORKINGS CONTAINED 90% CAF2. THE LOWER WORKINGS AVERAGE 50 - 70% CAF2.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUR. OF MINES INFO. CIRC. 8307 P. 86 - 87

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H. E., JOHNSON, C. H. AND HAHN, A. D., 1946, FLUORSPAR RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: N. MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MIN. RES. BULL. 21 P 131 - 133

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 72, P. 107-109

  • Deposit

    DARTON, N.H., AND BURCHARD, E.F., 1911 USGS BULL 470, P. 533-545

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 92-100

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    1943 GEOLMAP ROTHROCK, H. E., EARHART, R. H., GRUNIG, J. K

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, F. E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEP. OF N. MEXICO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN AS MANY AS TEN DISTINCT VEINS ALONG NORTHEAST STRIKING FAULTS. THE ORE SHOOT ON ONE OF THE TWO MINABLE VEINS WAS ABOUT 90 FT. WIDE, EXTENDED FROM THE SURFACE TO THE 160 FT. LEVEL, AND AVERAGED 5 FT. THICK. ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM COVERING ABOUT 20 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-75 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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