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Golden Lily Deposit

Occurrence in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper
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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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087807
MRDS ID D009958
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Lily Deposit
Alternate or previous names The Deposit Is Shown As the H and H Mine On the Organ Quadrangle
Related records 10247644

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.50613, 32.44735 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Relative position SE FLANK OF MINERAL HILL 4.6 MI N10W OF WHITE SANDS, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Organ(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(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

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 021S 004E 26 SW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT MAY BE REACHED BY TRAVELING 18.8 MI EAST FROM LAS CRUCES ON US 70, AND THEN 1 MI NORTH. PROSPECT IS ON THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Analytical data

Result 6 FT CHIP SAMPLE ON ADIT FACE CONTAINED 41.2% CAF2
Result GRAB SAMPLE NEAR SHAFT CONTAINED 61.2% CAF2

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.50613, 32.44735
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N-S To N60e Trending Faults And Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N60E TO N-S.
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Dikes

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE TRAVERSED BY DIORITE DIKES AND PEGMATITES CONSTITUTES THE HOST ROCK. AND IRON-STAINED VEIN CONTAINING COPPER MINERALS FOLLOWS ONE OF THE DIKES. A 75 FT LONG ADIT BRIEFLY EXPLORED THE VEIN ABOUT 100 FT ABOVE A GULCH. A MINOR AMOUNT OF FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN SMALL STRINGERS IN FRACTURES EXPOSED BY THE ADIT. MANY COMPLEX FAULTS CUT THE GRANITE. ONE GROUP TRENDS N60E, WHILE ANOTHER GROUP TRENDS NORTH. FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN THESE FAULTS AS DENSE FISSURE-FILLING VEINLETS AND AS GRANULAR CEMENTING MATERIAL FOR FAULT BRECCIA FRAGMENTS. THE FLUORITE IS WHITE TO PALE GREEN AND SHOWS CUBIC CRYSTALLINE FORM LOCALLY. A 390 FT ADIT DRIVEN 20 FT ABOVE THE GULCH INTERSECTED A 6 FT WIDE BRECCIA ZONE CONTAINING FLUORSPAR FINELY DISSEMINATED WITH APLITE BRECCIA FRAGMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1946
Discoverer H. A. Heuer; Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Year of first production 1946
Year of last production 1946

Mining district

District name Organ Mountains-San Andres Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner H. A. Heuer
    Home office Las Cruces, N.M.
    First year 1966

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS, ONE 75 FT IN LENGTH, THE OTHER 390 FT IN LENGTH, AND A 15 FT DEEP EXPLORATORY PIT.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT CONSISTS OF FOUR CONTIGUOUS UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM 8307, P. 23-24

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 23.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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