Malpais - Zuni Group

Prospect in Cibola county in New Mexico, United States with commodity 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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150505
MRDS ID D010089
MAS/MILS ID 0350060058
Record type Site
Current site name Malpais - Zuni Group
Alternate or previous names Malpais Nos. 1&2 Zuni Nos. 1&2.
Related records 10013672

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.01453, 35.05836 (WGS84)
Elevation 2383

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cibola(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paxton Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Zuni(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gallup(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 010 N 011 W 32 NE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.01453, 35.05836

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55E
    Dip 90N
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N55E:90N
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Moises Mirabal
    Interest 100
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK,H.E. 1946 NM BU MINS,MIN RES BULL 21 PP 176-190.

  • Deposit

    GODDARD,E.N. 1966 U.S.G.S. MISC INV MAP I-454.

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS,F.E. 1966 US BU MINS IC8307 PP 134.

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO PRODUCTION. CHIP SAMPLE ON MALPAIS NO. 1 CA(F2) 51.2 SI(02) 36.4 CHIP SAMPLE ON ZUNI NO. 1 CA(F2) 20.7 SI(02) 62.0

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