The Bounds Fluorspar Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,341 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 5,341 Feet (1,628 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 32.37444, -108.40417
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Bounds Fluorspar Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bounds Fluorspar Prospect
Secondary: Bounds Ranch Fluorspar Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Bound Ranch District: New Well Canyon Area
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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: State Of New Mexico
Home Office: New Mexico
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1978 CONSISTED OF TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS AND ONE SMALL ADIT.
Comment (Deposit): .05 TO .1 ST FLUORITE ORE PRODUCED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1034.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURS AS VEINS RANGING FROM 1 TO 2 FT. THICK AND ALONG NORTHEAST STRIKING FRACTURES.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS
Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P 134
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1034
Reference (Deposit): TALMAGE, S. B., AND WOOTTON, T. P., 1937, THE NON-METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES (EXCLUSIVE OF FUELS): NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 12, P 76
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU MINES, 1978, MINERAL INVENTORY LOCATION SYSTEM, SILVER CITY MAP 1:250,000.
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