The Mohawk Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Bernalillo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,549 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
Elevation: 7,549 Feet (2,301 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 35.20278, -106.36972
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Mohawk Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mohawk Prospect
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Mohawk
Secondary: Chief
Secondary: Lion
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Bernalillo
District: Placitas District: Sandia Mountains Area
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mrs. Carolina Gould
Home Office: Houston, Texas
Years: 1960 -
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: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Two N 05 E And One N 35 W Trending Faults
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: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MINE IN SECTION 2 AS SHOWN ON THE SANDIA PARK TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. THE DEPOSIT LIES NEAR THE CREST OF A SHARP PEAK WHOSE ALTITUDE IS 7600 FT, ABOUT 600 FT ABOVE THE FLOOR OF A CANYON TRENDING NORTHWARD TOWARD LA MADERA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 TO CONSIST OF 2 SHORT ADITS, 3 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND 3 SMALL PITS. AN OLD ADIT, BELIEVED TO DATE FROM WORLD WAR ONE, PENETRATES 122 FT INTO THE NORTH HILLSIDE. ABOUT 75 FT ABOVE AND 100 FT SOUTH FROM THE PORTAL OF THE OLD ADIT, A 75 FT LONG ADIT INTERSECTS THE BOTTOM OF A 30 FT SHAFT. TWO OTHER SHAFTS, 20 AND 50 FEET DEEP, AND 3 PITS UP TO 15 FT IN DEPTH ARE FOUND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SHARP PEAK.
Comment (Deposit): RECORD # D009819 BY JERRY HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TWO PARALLEL VEINS STRIKING N 05E AND A THIRD VEIN STRIKING N 35 W. VEINS ARE UP TO 4 FT. THICK AND EXPOSED AT OUTCROP FOR A MAXIMUM LENGTH OF 40 FT... LIGHT GREEN, WELL CRYSTALLIZED FLUORITE AND DRUSY FLUORITE COATING GRANITE FRAGMENTS OCCUR WITH GALENA AND BARITE. THREE UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN THE 1960'S.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 10-11
Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., AND NORTHROP, S.A., 1975 NMBMMR MEM 29, P. 101, MAP 1
Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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