The Barry Prospects is a thorium and ree mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico.
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Barry Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Barry Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Thorium
Primary: REE
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Capitan Mountains
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Blm Roswell Resource Area
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1952
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sacramento Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Alkaline complex associated zircon
Orebody
Form: BRECCIA VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Lincoln County Porphyry Belt
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Allanite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Tourmaline
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ASASAYS SHOWED THE VEIN CONTAINED UP TO 1.7% TH, BUT AVG GRADE WAS PROBABLY LESS.
Comment (Location): BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREASITE OF PITS AND TRENCHES.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSITS CONSISTS OF A BRECCIA VEIN COMPOSED OF ANGULAR ALASKITE FRAGMENTS AS MUCH AS SEVERAL INCHES IN LENGTH AND RECEMENTED BY RED RHYOLITE(?).
Comment (Deposit): 1.7% TH IN VEIN BIASED SAMPLES OF MATERIAL. PROSPECT SHAFT SUNK IN 1957.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S
References
Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P
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