The Whitewater Claims is a mine located in Catron county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,319 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: 6,319 Feet (1,926 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 33.2914, -108.82920
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Whitewater Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Whitewater Claims
Secondary: Big Spar Prospect
Secondary: 25 127
Secondary: Huckleberry Spar Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Calcium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Silica
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Catron
District: Mogollon District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Type: Unknown
Type: Unknown
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Felix And Arment Menges
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New Mexico
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1920
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MINEABLE RESERVES PROBABLY ONLY 40% OF INDICATED.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK,H.E. NM BU MINS,MIN RES BULL 21 PP 44-46.
Reference (Deposit): SUR,F.J 1947 US BU MINS RI4053 PP 11.
Reference (Deposit): ARNOLD,R. 1974 GEOL & MIN DEPS OF LITTLE COTTONWOOD CAN ETC.
Reference (Deposit): MS THESIS UTEP PP 63.
Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY & MCANULTY 1974 PRIVATE REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013.
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