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Mary Jane Prospect

Past Producer in Sierra 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101832
MRDS ID D010098
Record type Site
Current site name Mary Jane Prospect
Related records 10135279

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.21448, 32.88623 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 16 MI N 05 W OF HATCH, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Apache Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
016S 004W 25,26 W2 OF E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

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 Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.21448, 32.88623
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Or Fracture In Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer Don L. Wormington And Associates
Year of first production 1948
Year of last production 1948

Mining district

District name Sierra Caballos Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Don L. Wormington And Associates
    First year 1948
  • Type Owner
    Owner Don L. Wormington And Associates
    First year 1966

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 119

  • Production

    WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, P. 119.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN PODS AND LENSES IN A VEIN IN LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Haug, Jerry L. (Worl, Ronald G.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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