Martinez Prospect

Past Producer in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089320
MRDS ID W016991
Record type Site
Current site name Martinez Prospect
Related records 10199363

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.81947, 34.06453 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4.25 MILES N 83 E 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

Loma De Las Canas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(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 003S 001E 10 E2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 125

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Analytical data

Result AN EIGHT INCH CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 80.6 % CAF2.

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) -106.81947, 34.06453

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike NORTHEAST
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 60.96M

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 Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Arroyo De La Parida Area: Chupadero District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Henry Howerton And R. J. Truman
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner Martinez, A.
    First year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • ONE CARLOAD, ABOUT 50 TONS, OF FLUORITE ORE MAY HAVEBEEN SHIPPED IN 1943.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 175

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 125

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 20

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 125

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN RANGES FROM 2 IN. TO 2 FT. THICK.

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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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