The Juan Torres Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 34.39111, -107.08222
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Juan Torres Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Juan Torres Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Ladrons Mountains Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Torres, Juan
Home Office: Magdalena, Nm
Years: 1927 -
Owner Name: Torres, Juan
Years: 1927 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1927
Year Last Production: 1927
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: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF A 25 FT. TRENCH, A 75 FT. SHALLOW OPEN CUT AND A 20 FT. DEEP SHAFT.
Comment (Production): ONE CARLOAD OF METALLURGICAL FLUORSPAR PRODUCED.
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 124-125
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 89-90
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 120-121
Reference (Deposit): CONDIE, K.C., 1976 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 38
Reference (Production): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 120
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