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Purple Rock

Prospect in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096866
MRDS ID D011508
Record type Site
Current site name Purple Rock

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.68813, 32.72928 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redrock(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
018S 018W 23 NW4 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.68813, 32.72928
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Telegraph District, Red Rock Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, C.A., 1955, NMBMMR CIRCULAR 29, P. 20

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, P. 164

  • Deposit

    HEWITT, C.H., 1959, NMBMMR BULL. 60, P. 124-126

  • Deposit

    1978A, US BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS IN FAULT BRECCIA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Davies, Robert C. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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