| Deposit ID | 10094594 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009825 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Black Willow Prospect |
| Related records | 10257193 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.99925, 32.90011 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1634 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 5000 FT NW OF THE MOHAWK MINE, AND 4500 FT NORTH OF BITTER CREEK. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Crookson Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 016S | 021W | 22 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Manganese Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLES ACROSS THE VEIN ZONE AVERAGED 16.7% CAF2 AND 83% SIO2. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | -108.99925, 32.90011 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | N 60 W Trending East Camp Fault Zone Along Which Is The Jasperoid Vein. |
| General form | IRREGULAR TO TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 60 W |
| Dip | VERT |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1922 |
| District name | Steeple Rock Mining District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Eugene Belcher |
| Home office | Thatcher, Az. |
| First year | 1978 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009825 |
MCANULTY, WN, 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 33.
BIGGERSTAFF, B.P., 1974, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M.S. THESIS, 102 P.
GILLERMAN, E., 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, 213 P.
1978A, US BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER BANK.
1979, US BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER BANK.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1920'S |
| Deposit | A LARGE DIKELIKE VEIN OF JASPEROID OCCUPIES THE EAST CAMP FAULT ZONE, WHICH STRIKES N 60 W AND DIPS NEAR VERTICAL. FLUORSPAR VEINS PARALLEL THE OUTSIDE WALLS AND ALSO WIND THROUGH THE JASPEROID. FLUORSPAR CROPS OUT IRREGULARLY IN A PERSISTENT VEIN PARALLEL TO THE JASPEROID DIKE FOR A DISTANCE OF 2500 FT. THE WIDTH OF THE VEIN RANGES FROM 12 TO 15 FT. THE VEIN MATERIAL IS COMPOSED OF FINE TO MEDIUM GRAINED QUARTZ, JASPEROID BRECCIA, FINE-GRAINED TO COARSE-GRAINED FLUORITE, AND MINOR AMOUNTS OF ARGENTITE, GOLD, HEMATITE, LIMONITE, AND MN-OXIDES. THE FLUORITE IS CLEAR, WHITE AND GREEN, AND HAS SOME HEMATITE STAINING. |
| Deposit | DATA FROM RECORD NUMBER D011429 BY RON WORL, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS, HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1983 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-APR-1984 | Davies, Robert C. (Worl, Ron) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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