Juan Torres Prospect

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper, Iron
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072171
MRDS ID W016631
Record type Site
Current site name Juan Torres Prospect
Related records 10199121

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.08281, 34.39119 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position ABOUT 26 MILES N 26 W OF SOCORRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ladron Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Salado(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 Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 002N 002W 18 SE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Covellite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore
Specularite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.08281, 34.39119

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1927
Year of last production 1927

Mining district

District name Ladrons Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Torres, Juan
    First year 1927
  • Type Owner
    Owner Torres, Juan
    Home office Magdalena, Nm
    First year 1927

Comments on the production information

  • ONE CARLOAD OF METALLURGICAL FLUORSPAR PRODUCED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF A 25 FT. TRENCH, A 75 FT. SHALLOW OPEN CUT AND A 20 FT. DEEP SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 124-125

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 89-90

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 120-121

  • Deposit

    CONDIE, K.C., 1976 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 38

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 120

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-76 Weeks, Robert New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-NOV-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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