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California Gulch Prospect

Occurrence in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149969
MRDS ID D009829
MAS/MILS ID 0350170058
Record type Site
Current site name California Gulch Prospect
Alternate or previous names Fluorspar Lode Patented Claim
Related records 10013499

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.41032, 32.65702 (WGS84)
Elevation 1825
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wind Mountain(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
New Mexico 019 S 015 W 17 NWSENE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcedony Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.41032, 32.65702
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 40S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 100M
    Width 30M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #3 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N10E:40S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tyrone

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    US BUR MINES PUB 8307 P 64 66

  • Deposit

    US GEOL SURV BULL 973F P 276 277

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Mcanulty U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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