The Schmidt Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Bernalillo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 9,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,400 Feet (2,865 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 35.21389, -106.42667
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Schmidt Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Schmidt Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Bernalillo
District: Sandia Mountains Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: P. L. Schmidt
Home Office: Cerrillos, 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
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: N 25 W Trending Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A SAMPLE COLLECTED BY USBM IN 1943 CONTAINED 66.0% CAF2, 2.5% PBS, AND 2.0% BAS04.
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): THE DEPOSIT IS 31 ROAD MI FROM ALBUQUERQUE VIA US 66, NM 10, AND NM 44. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Deposit): FLUORSPAR OCCURS IN A ONE FOOT WIDE VEIN THAT OCCAISIONALLY PINCHES OUT ALONG AN EXPOSED LENGTH OF 250 FT WITHIN DECOMPOSED COARSE GRAINED GRANITE. THE FLUORITE IS PRESENT AS PALE GREEN AND DENSE-TO-MEDIUM-CUBIC CRYSTALS, ASSOCIATED WITH MINOR AMOUNTS OF BARITE AND GALENA.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 35 FT LONG ADIT AND TWO SHALLOW TRENCHES.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC. 8307, P. 11
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