Nakaye Group

Past Producer in Sierra 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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10223675
MRDS ID W016595
MAS/MILS ID 0350510047
Record type Site
Current site name Nakaye Group
Alternate or previous names Alamo Mine, Nakaye Mine
Related records 10072168

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.14639, 32.80822 (WGS84)
Elevation 1545

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McLeod Tank(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017 S 003 W 15 SW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.14639, 32.80822

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1M
    Area 50HA
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Total Surface Area (HA) 50
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Year of first production 1922

Mining district

District name Caballo Mountains

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Luchini, B. W.
    Interest 100
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .5
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 1.5
    Primary Material Cover SAND, SILT
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Capacity 30
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 10
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975
  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 13M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method ROOM AND PILLAR 10-34
    Swell Factor .5
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Number of Shafts 3
    Number of Adits 5
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NELSON,MA,1974,UNPUB MS THESIS,UTEP

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC160 COL16-21 SF RAIL IN LOCAL AREA REC160 COL25-30 LA CAL FOR LOS ANGLES CALIF

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references