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Star Valley Deposit

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Tungsten
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271765
MRDS ID D003404
MAS/MILS ID 0350170062
Record type Site
Current site name Star Valley Deposit
Alternate or previous names Continental Deposit
Related records 10010045

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.37562, 32.36122 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ninetysix Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 022 S 015 W 27 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.37562, 32.36122
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 1M
    Length 975M
    Width 20M
    Area 20HA
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N10E:70E
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 970108

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHEELITE PRESENT IN A QTZ VEIN 600 FT WEST OF FLUOR VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JAN-1997 Mcanulty U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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