Terry Prospect 1948

The Terry Prospect 1948 is a uranium and fluorine-fluorite mine located in Sierra county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,676 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Terry Prospect 1948  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Sierra

Elevation: 5,676 Feet (1,730 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite

Lat, Long: 33.41222, -107.42694

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Terry Prospect 1948 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Terry Prospect 1948
Secondary: Claims
Secondary: Pitchblende Strikes Nos. 1 & 4


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Sierra
District: Sierra Cuchillo District


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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Ray Terry, Earl Terry, W.H. Terry, W.H. Terry Jr.
Home Office: Truth Or Consequences, N.M.
Years: 1950 -

Owner Name: Hanosh Mining Co.
Home Office: Grants, N.M.
Years: 1953 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1948
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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicified Limestone


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Uranophane
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A STRUCTURAL FEATURE DESCRIBED AS A FAULT BRECCIA OR A COLLAPSE BRECCIA. 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Location): LOCATED ABOUT 1.75 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONTICELLO, N.M. AND THE ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE SHAFT SHOWN ON THE MONTICELLO TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1950 CONSISTED OF 4 SHALLOW PITS.

Comment (Geology): FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE SIERRA CUCHILLO DISTRICT.


References

Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.G., 1956 USGS BULL 1009-L, P. 368-371

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA


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