Linda Vista Prospect

Past Producer in Grant 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. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10199454
MRDS ID D009763
MAS/MILS ID 0350170046
Record type Site
Current site name Linda Vista Prospect
Alternate or previous names Vista Prospect
Related records 10087794

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -107.7214, 32.63512 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whiterock Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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 009 W 21 SWSESW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -107.7214, 32.63512

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1M
    Length 50M
    Width 30M
    Area 30HA
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N35W:
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Total Surface Area (HA) 30
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1948

Mining district

District name Cooks Peak District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 25M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .5
    Number of Shafts 1
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 300
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8307 PG34-35

  • Deposit

    NM BUR MNS RES BULL 21 PG 102

  • Deposit

    MORRIS,RW,1974,UNPUB MS THESIS,UTEP

  • Deposit

    NM BUR MNS RES BULL 87 PG 77-78

  • Deposit

    NM BUR MNS RES BULL 12 PG 77-78

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY,WN,1975,FLUOR IN TEX,NEW MEX,MEX, PROJ G0254013

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC160 COL16-21,DEM NM FOR DEMING NEW MEX REC160 COL25-30,LA CAL FOR LOS ANGLES CALIF

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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