The Terry Prospect 1948 is a uranium and fluorine-fluorite mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,676 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,676 Feet (1,730 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 33.41222, -107.42694
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Terry Prospect 1948 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Terry Prospect 1948
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Pitchblende Strikes Nos. 1 & 4
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Cuchillo District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ray Terry, Earl Terry, W.H. Terry, W.H. Terry Jr.
Home Office: Truth Or Consequences, N.M.
Years: 1950 -
Owner Name: Hanosh Mining Co.
Home Office: Grants, N.M.
Years: 1953 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1948
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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Limestone
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Uranophane
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A STRUCTURAL FEATURE DESCRIBED AS A FAULT BRECCIA OR A COLLAPSE BRECCIA. 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Location): LOCATED ABOUT 1.75 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTICELLO, N.M. AND THE ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE SHAFT SHOWN ON THE MONTICELLO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1950 CONSISTED OF 4 SHALLOW PITS.
Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CUCHILLO DISTRICT.
References
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.G., 1956 USGS BULL 1009-L, P. 368-371
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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