Gonzales Prospect

Occurrence in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc
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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096417
MRDS ID W016987
Record type Site
Current site name Gonzales Prospect
Alternate or previous names Claims, Gonzales No.1 and 2
Related records 10223869

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.80419, 34.08009 (WGS84)
Elevation 1570
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5.5 MILES N 73 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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

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 02 NE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 124

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AN 80-POUND COMPOSITE SAMPLE CONTAINED 32.8 % CAF2
Result 46.2 % BASO4.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Magdalena Limestone
    Rock description Magdalena Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.80419, 34.08009

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 6 TO 30 W
    Dip 70 TO 80 SW
    Thickness 6.71M
    Length 259.08M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Arroyo De La Parida Area: Chupadero District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Humphreys Gold Corp. Of Denver, Colo.
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner Pete Innerbichler, R. R. Jackson, And J. J. Mcphaul (1940'S)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF A 160 FT. LONG ADIT, A 50 FT OPENCUT AND FOUR SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 171-173

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 33-34

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 122-124

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN RANGES FROM 3 FT. TO 22 FT. THICK.. TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

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.

External references