Red Shaft Prospect

Occurrence in Catron 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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094592
MRDS ID D009811
Record type Site
Current site name Red Shaft Prospect
Related records 10150027

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.82481, 33.28816 (WGS84)
Elevation 1902
Relative position 4.5 MILES ESE OF GLENWOOD, NEW MEXICO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holt Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Catron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 012S 019W 05 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CAF2 RANGED FROM 15 TO 25 PERCENT IN COMPOSITE DRILL HOLE SAMPLES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.82481, 33.28816

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Nnw Trending Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nne Trending Fault Intersecting Rhyolite Plug.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, POD

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Rhyolite Intrusive

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mogollon Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ira Young
    Home office Deming, N.M.
    First year 1972

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 400 FT EXPLORATORY SHAFT WAS SUNK ABOUT 100 FT NORTH OF THE RHYOLITE PLUG.

Comments on development

  • TEN PERC. HOLES WERE DRILLED BY IRA YOUNG IN 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, WN, 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 23.

  • Deposit

    RATTE, JC, ET AL, NMBMMR OPEN FILE REPT, 1972.

  • Deposit

    ARNOLD, R1, MS THESIS, UTEP, 1974.

  • Deposit

    SUR, FJ, 1947, NMBMMR REPT INV 4053.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORITE OCCURS IN VEINS FROM A FEW INCHES TO 5 FT IN THICKNESS WITHIN CONCENTRIC FRACTURES AND INTERSECTING FAULTS IN A RHYOLITE PLUG.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references