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Tapia Deposit

Occurrence in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
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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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094606
MRDS ID D009975
Record type Site
Current site name Tapia Deposit
Alternate or previous names Ash Spring Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.36312, 32.82039 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position 8.3 MI NW FROM SILVER CITY ALONG THE BEAR MTN. RANCH RD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 015W 23 NW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A GRAB SAMPLE FROM STORED ROCK NEAR THE SHAFT CONTAINED 26.3% CAFZ, 66.3% SIOZ, LESS THAN 1.0% BAS04 AND CAC03

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) -108.36312, 32.82039
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Fault Breccia

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 65 E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1944
Year of last production 1944

Mining district

District name Fleming Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Clara B. Tapia And P.R. Pennington
    Home office Silver City, N.M.
    First year 1944
  • Type Owner
    Owner Martin Tapia And Mrs. P.R. Pennington
    Home office Silver City, N.M.
    First year 1966

Comments on the workings information

  • THE DEPOSIT WAS SERVICED BY A 160 FT CROSSCUT ADIT BEARING N40W WHICH REVEALED THE VEIN 150 FT FROM THE PORTAL. AT THIS POINT A BADLY CAVED 50 FT VERTICAL RAISE ON THE VEIN CONNECTS WITH THE SURFACE. SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND OPENCUTS EXPLORED THE VEIN ON THE SURFACE FOR 110 FT ADJACENT TO THE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 37.

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, HE, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 98.

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 37.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORSPAR WAS DEPOSITED AS CREVICE-FILLING AND AS DRUSY COATINGS IN A BRECCIA ZONE 3 TO 6 FT WIDE IN A VERTICAL FAULT STRIKING N65E. THE VEIN IS TRACEABLE FOR 100 FT ON THE SURFACE, PINCHING TO A FEW INCHES AT EITHER END. THE ORE IS LIGHT GREEN AND MEDIUM TO COARSELY CRYSTALLINE, OCCURRING PARTLY AS WALL ROCK REPLACEMENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) U.S. Geological Survey

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