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Wytcherly Prospect

Past Producer in Catron 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. 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 10101779
MRDS ID D009037
Record type Site
Current site name Wytcherly Prospect
Alternate or previous names Wyckerly Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.71369, 33.21649 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 35 MILES S 04 E OF RESERVE, ABOUT 1.8 MILES S 85 W OF HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rice Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(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)

Federal lands

Gila National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Catron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 012S 018W 32,33 E2 (32); W2 (33) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE WYCKERLY PROSPECT AS SHOWN ON USGS MAP I-886. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED. WILLIAMS (1966) REPORTED THAT HE FAILED TO LOCATE THE WORKINGS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM USGS BULL 1451, P. 153.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Analytical data

Result FOUR SAMPLES CONTAINED FROM 26.39% CAF2 TO 58.73% CAF2.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.71369, 33.21649
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1939
Year of last production 1942

Mining district

District name Wilcox District: Sacation Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. A. Dinwiddie
    First year 1942
  • Type Owner
    Owner Moon Ranch
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • WILLIAMS, 1966, P. 18 REPORTED 512 TONS OF FLUORSPAR WAS PRODUCED IN 1939 AND 10 TONS IN 1942.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1979 CONSISTED AN OPENCUT ABOUT 350 FT. IN LENGTH AND AN OPENCUT ABOUT 50 FT. IN LENGTH.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT FIRST WORKED BY WYTAHERLY IN 1937, AND BY DINWIDDIE IN 1942.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 18

  • Deposit

    RATTE, J.C., AND GASKILL, D.L., 1975 USGS MAP I-886

  • Deposit

    RATTE, J.C., AND OTHERS, 1979 USGS BULL 1451, P. 153

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 16

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE WYTCHERLY PROSPECT IS PROBABLY A SE EXTENSION OF THE SACATON MINE. RECORD # D009803 BY JERRY L. HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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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