Devils Canyon Mine

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150175
MAS/MILS ID 0350130019
Record type Site
Current site name Devils Canyon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.54226, 32.26404 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Organ Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 023 S 004 E 33 SW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.54226, 32.26404

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10M
    Length 30M
    Width 10M
    Area 20HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Target Range

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner White Sands Missle Range
    Interest 100
    Home office Dist Of Columbia
    Year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF BARITE SHIPPED IN 1932-1934.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Mcanulty U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references