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Huckleberry Spar Mine

Past Producer in Catron county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Calcium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silica
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  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271741
MRDS ID TC35712
MAS/MILS ID 0350030012
Record type Site
Current site name Huckleberry Spar Mine
Alternate or previous names Whitewater Claims, Big Spar Prospect, 25 127
Related records 10062345

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.82984, 33.2915 (WGS84)
Elevation 1926

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holt Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(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 Catron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 011 S 019 W 29 NE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.82984, 33.2915
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N05E
    Dip 25S
    Thickness 8M
    Length 80M
    Width 60M
    Area 100HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N05E:25S
    Total Surface Area (HA) 100
    Date of Last Modification 810304

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Year of first production 1939

Mining district

District name Mogollon District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Felix And Arment Menges
    Interest 100
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1975

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINEABLE RESERVES PROBABLY ONLY 40% OF INDICATED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK,H.E. NM BU MINS,MIN RES BULL 21 PP 44-46.

  • Deposit

    SUR,F.J 1947 US BU MINS RI4053 PP 11.

  • Deposit

    ARNOLD,R. 1974 GEOL & MIN DEPS OF LITTLE COTTONWOOD CAN ETC.

  • Deposit

    MS THESIS UTEP PP 63.

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY & MCANULTY 1974 PRIVATE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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