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Volcano Prospect

Occurrence in Hidalgo 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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087806
MRDS ID D009939
Record type Site
Current site name Volcano Prospect
Related records 10126090

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.66034, 31.64042 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 18 MI S 25 E OF ANIMAS, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hidalgo(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gillespie Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Playas Lake(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 Hidalgo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 031S 018W 03 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Analytical data

Result A GRAB SAMPLE FROM A SORTED ROCK PILE CONTAINED 65.5% CAF2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.66034, 31.64042
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fissure Allowed Solutions To Migrate To Favorable Limestone Host.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1958
Discoverer Fred C. Leach And Earl Westmoreland

Mining district

District name Animas Mountains, Winkler Anticline Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred C. Leach And Earl Westmoreland
    First year 1959

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SMALL HILLSIDE CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 72

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICEOUS FLUORSPAR OCCURS AS FISSURE FILLING IN A VERTICAL VEIN THAT LIES IN A LIMESTONE GRANITE CONTACT ZONE. THE VEIN IS A SMALL STRINGER THAT IS NOT TRACEABLE MUCH BEYOND THE WORKINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-83 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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