The Vanadium Friend Prospect is a barium-barite, vanadium, and lead mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,526 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,526 Feet (1,989 Meters)
Commodity: Barium-Barite, Vanadium, Lead
Lat, Long: 34.12694, -107.26222
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Vanadium Friend Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vanadium Friend Prospect
Secondary: Claim Patented In 1914
Secondary: Vanadium Friend: Pleasant View Group
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: North Magdalena 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Eula Bodenhimer
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Felix S. Phillips
Years: 1960 -
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1508 COVERING 20.617 ACRES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF A 90 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 42-43
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 30
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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