| Deposit ID | 10089314 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W016624 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Salinas Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Crawford Prospect |
| Related records | 10273038 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.56724, 33.30733 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2118 |
| Relative position | 44 MILES N 75 E OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sierra(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Salinas Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tularosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tularosa(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Sierra |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 012S | 004E | 1 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bismuthinite | Ore |
| Bismutite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Barite | Unknown |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Result | LASKY, 1932, REPORTED ASSAY VALUES OF 21.6 % PB |
|---|---|
| Result | 2.04 % CU |
| Result | 0.8 OZ AG/TON |
| Result | A TRACE OF GOLD: WILLIAMS, 1966, REPORTED SAMPLES COLLECTED FOR BARITE CONTAINED 70 % BARIUM SULFATE AND FROM 5 % TO 16 % CALCIUM FLUORIDE. |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Magdalena Group |
| Rock description | Magdalena Group |
| (1) | -106.56724, 33.30733 |
|---|
| Thickness | 0.61M |
|---|---|
| Length | 914.4M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1929 |
| District name | Salinas Peak District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Military Reservation |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W016624 |
LASKEY,S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P81
NMBMMR 1965 BULL 87, P202, P371
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC 8307, P81
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN IS ALONG FAULT CONTACT DIPPING EASTWARD. THE HANGING WALL IS INTRUSIVE ROCK AND THE FOOTWALL IS LIMESTONE. THE FAULT ZONE IS 5 FT TO 20 FT WIDE AND TRACEABLE FOR 3000 FT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-76 | Weeks, Robert | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-81 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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