| Deposit ID | 10222862 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009940 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0350230001 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Athena Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Athena Prospect No 1, Volcano Group Part Of |
| Related records | 10013572 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.65342, 31.62514 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1576 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hidalgo(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gillespie Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Animas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Douglas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Playas Lake(hydrologic unit)
Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Hidalgo |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 031 S | 018 W | 03 | NENWNE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -108.65342, 31.62514 |
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| Strike | N40W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 30E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 7M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 300M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 80M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 75HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1958 |
| District name | Gillespie Dist |
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| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mining And Milling Corp America; A. J. Curtis Et Al |
| Home office | New Mexico |
| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Rangaire Corp 71) |
| Home office | Texas |
| Year | 1975 |
| First year | 1970 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | F. C. Leach And E. Westmoreland |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | New Mexico |
| Year | 1975 |
| First year | 1958 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 2.5HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0350230001 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009940 | MAS references MRDS |
ELLIS,1971,GEO ORE DEPS WINKLER ANTICL,MS THESIS UTEP
MCANULTY,WN,1972,WINKLER ANTICL,NM BUR MNS TARG EXPL E3
WILLIAMS,1966,FLUOR DEPS NM,USBM IC 8307
MCANULTY,WN,1975,FLUOR IN TEX,NEW MEX,MEX, PROJ G0254013
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OPTR HAS LEASED CLAIMS FROM OWNER ON REC 022 REC160 COL16-21 DEM NM FOR DEMING NEW MEX REC160 COL25-30 LA CAL FOR LOS ANGLES CALIF ATHENA PROSP #1,#2 & WILSON PROSP MUST BE MINED AS ONE UNIT ECONOMIC ACCORDING TO MCANULTY |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Mkny | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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