| Deposit ID | 10101778 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009009 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Stevens Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Lower Contact Deposits: Claims, Fairview, International, Southern |
| Related records | 10271716 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.44028, 32.53791 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1326 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 26 MILES N 53 E OF LAS CRUCES. APPROX. 12 MILES N 20 E OF WHITE SANDS, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Dona Ana(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bennett Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
White Sands(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Dona Ana |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 020S | 005E | 28,33 | SW (28); NW (33) | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Barite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Vanadinite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||
| Rock unit name | El Paso Group | ||||
| Rock description | El Paso Group | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -106.44028, 32.53791 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Deposit Occur Along The North-Trending Organ Mountains Fault Zone Which Forms The Eastern Boundary Of The Organ Mountains-Southern San Andres Uplift. |
| General form | IRREGULAR, BLANKET |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Year of last production | 1932 |
| District name | Bear Canyon District: Southern San Andres Mountains |
|---|
| Ownership category | Military Reservation |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. J. Stevens And J. G. Stewart |
| Home office | Las Cruces, N.M. |
| First year | 1930 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | White Sands Missile Range |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009009 |
DUNHAM, K.C., 1935 NMBMMR BULL 11, P. 257-260
WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P.13
SEAGER, W.R., 1981 NMBMMR MEM 36, P. 87, SHEET 1
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, USBM INF. CIRC. 8307, P. 22.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RECORD # D009957 BY JERRY L. HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S |
| Deposit | THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-82 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-82 | Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-90 | Bolm, Karen S. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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