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Irene No. 2 Claim

Past Producer in Cibola 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. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101780
MRDS ID D009056
Record type Site
Current site name Irene No. 2 Claim
Alternate or previous names Spruce Hill No. 1 Prospect
Related records 10125871

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.98562, 35.01645 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position ABOUT 15.5 MILES S 41 W OF GRANTS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cibola(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Rafael(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Plains(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola 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 Cibola

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 009N 011W 10,15 S2 (10); N2 (15) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE SHAFT NEAR THE CENTER OF THE LINE BETWEEN SECTIONS 10 AND 15 AS SHOWN ON THE SAN RAFAEL TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1957)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Yeso Formation
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N 55 E
    Dip 80 NW
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE IRENE NO. 2 CLAIM APPEARS TO BE THE NORTHEAST EXTENSION OF THE SECTION 15 PROSPECT 400 FT. TO THE SOUTHWEST BUT ALLUVIUM OBSCURES THE CORRELATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1942
Year of last production 1951

Mining district

District name Zuni Mountains District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. M. Keeney
    First year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner Milton Head And R.G. Coucher
    Home office Grants, N.M.
    First year 1959

Production statistics

  • Year 1951
    Period 1942 To 1951
    Material ORE F
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 76 % Caf2 In 1944.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    CaF2 Ore Fluorine-Fluorite Fluorine 76wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 22.86M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT 75 FT. LONG BY 8 FT. WIDE AND AN INACCESSIBLE 100 FT. SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 186

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 135-136

  • Deposit

    GODDARD, E.N., 1966 USGS MAP I-454

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 54-56

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 136

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF VEINS, CLOSELY SPACED VEINLETS, AND MINERALIZED BRECCIA WITHIN A NORTHEAST-STRIKING FAULT ZONE. ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM IN 1959.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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