The Waddell Atir Prospect 1978 is a lead mine located in Luna county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,240 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,240 Feet (1,902 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 32.11389, -107.62139
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Waddell Atir Prospect 1978 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Waddell Atir Prospect 1978
Secondary: Waddell Prospect 1966
Secondary: Atir Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Luna
District: Florida Mountains Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Cantwell And English
Years: 1959 -
Owner Name: Consolidated Minerals Corp.
Years: 1959 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: N 60 E Trending Fault
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
Analytical Data: A GRAB SAMPLE FROM A MINE CAR CONTAINED 19.7% CAF2, 41.0% BASO4, AND 1.8% PB.
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ONE MILE SOUTH OF FLORIDA PEAK
Comment (Deposit): A WELL-DEFINED QUARTZ VEIN IN AN ANDESITE-RHYOLITE CONTACT CONTAINS FLUORITE, BARITE, CALCITE, AND GALENA. THE VEIN RANGES IN WIDTH FROM 5 TO 12 FT OVER A 200 FT LONG EXPOSED OUTCROP.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 90 FT ADIT.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1910-1920
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 93-94
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