The Gonzales Prospect is a barium-barite and fluorine-fluorite mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,151 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,151 Feet (1,570 Meters)
Commodity: Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 34.08, -106.80361
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Gonzales Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gonzales Prospect
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Gonzales No.1 and 2
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Arroyo De La Parida Area: Chupadero District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: Pete Innerbichler, R. R. Jackson, And J. J. Mcphaul (1940'S)
Owner Name: Humphreys Gold Corp. Of Denver, Colo.
Years: 1943 -
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: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 46.2 % BASO4.
Analytical Data: AN 80-POUND COMPOSITE SAMPLE CONTAINED 32.8 % CAF2
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Barite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 124
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN RANGES FROM 3 FT. TO 22 FT. THICK.. TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF A 160 FT. LONG ADIT, A 50 FT OPENCUT AND FOUR SHALLOW SHAFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY, W.N., 1978 NMBMMR MEM 38, P. 20
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 122-124
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., FILLO, P.V., AND BLOOM, P.A., 1964 NMBMMR CIRC 76, P. 33-34
Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 171-173
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