Cloverleaf Prospect

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271599
MRDS ID D009505
MAS/MILS ID 0350170060
Record type Site
Current site name Cloverleaf Prospect
Alternate or previous names Blackmoor Mine
Related records 10013285

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -108.59483, 32.76791 (WGS84)
Elevation 1573
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mangas Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila 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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 018 S 017 W 03 W2NWSW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -108.59483, 32.76791

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2M
    Length 200M
    Width 3M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N05E:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Telegraph

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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