Bachelder-Everheart Prospect

The Bachelder-Everheart Prospect is a lead, fluorine-fluorite, and barium-barite mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,049 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Bachelder-Everheart Prospect

State:  New Mexico

County:  Socorro

Elevation: 5,049 Feet (1,539 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite

Lat, Long: 34.29361, -106.81250

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Bachelder-Everheart Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bachelder-Everheart Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Barium-Barite


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Los Canoncitos Area: Joyita Hills 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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Sevilleta Land Grant And The State Of New Mexico
Years: 1981 -

Owner Name: J. H. Bachelder And T. B. Everheart
Years: 1915 -


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: LENSE


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Barite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE UNSURVEYED SEVILLETA LAND GRANT. TOWNSHIP, RANGE AND SECTION PROJECTED.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST A SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS.


References

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 59-60

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., USBM IC-8307, P. 121


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