The Tingley Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 4,902 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 33.09583, -107.23111
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Tingley Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tingley Prospect
Secondary: Tingley Claim 1924 Originally Part of the Illinois Group of Claims.
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Caballos District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Imperial Corp.
Home Office: Albuquerque, N.M.
Years: 1966 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Closely Spaced North-South Trending Faults In Granite.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FIVE SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM VARIOUS TRENCHES CONTAINED FROM 8.4 % TO 43.1 % CAF2 AND AVERAGED 29.2 % CAF2.
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): PROSPECT IS LOCATED ON THE WEST FLANK OF THE CABALLO MOUNTAINS ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES AND PALOMAS GAP.
Comment (Commodity): GENERAL ANALYTICAL DATA FROM ROTHROCK AND OTHERS, 1946 P. 156.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN FAULT-FRACTURE ZONES TRENDING WEST TO N 15 E AS VEINS RANGING FROM 3 IN. TO 2.3 FT. IN WIDTH. ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF A 47 FT. DEEP VERTICAL SHAFT WITH A 71 FT. LONG CROSSCUT AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW PITS.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H. AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 155-156
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 101
Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 34, P. 19, P. 42
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