American Fluorspar Deposits

The American Fluorspar Deposits is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,322 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

Satelite View

MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.

Site Name

Primary: American Fluorspar Deposits
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: American Nos. 1 and 2
Secondary: Spar Nos. 1 and 2

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Bound Ranch 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: State Of New Mexico
Home Office: New Mexico

Owner Name: Altru Minerals
Home Office: 6005 Truchas Dr. Ne, Albuquerque, N.M. 87109
Years: 1980 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1953
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: A TWO FT. CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS THE VEIN CONTAINED 47.0 % CAF2, 43.4 % SIO2, 0.45 % CACO3, AND LESS THAN 0.1 % BASO4.

Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE SHAFT IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 15 AS SHOWN ON THE C BAR RANCH TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976); 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1963 EDITION

Comment (Commodity): ANALYTICAL DATA FROM WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 50.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR AS VEINS AND OPEN SPACE FILLING IN BRECCIA ALONG FOUR FAULT ZONES. VEINS RANGE FROM 1.5 FT. TO 3 FT. IN WIDTH AND FLUORITIZED BRECCIAS ARE AS MUCH AS 15 FT. WIDE. TWO UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF A 100 FT. SHAFT WITH TWO 30 FT. DRIFTS ON THE 85 FT. LEVEL AND AN 80 FT. OPEN CUT.

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, P132

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. BUREAU MINES INF. CIR, 8307, P50

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU MINES, 1978, MINERAL INVENTORY LOCATION SYSTEM, SILVER CITY MAP 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1952 USGS BULL 973-F, P. 281-283

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1039

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Production): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 50.

The Top Ten Gold Producing States

These ten states contributed the most to the gold production that built the West from 1848 through the 1930s. The Top Ten Gold Producing States.