Powell Prospect

The Powell Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Grant county, New Mexico.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Powell Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Manganese

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Steeple Rock

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Eugene Belcher
Home Office: Thatcher, Az.
Years: 1978 -

Owner Name: Fred Powell
Home Office: Duncan, Az.
Years: 1942 -

Production

Year: 1942
Time Period: 1942
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Averaged 59% Caf2

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Year Last Production: 1942
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: PODS, IRREGULAR VEINS AND VEINLETS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Shear Zone

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 10 BY 30 FT PIT, A 25 BY 20 FT TRENCH, AND SEVERAL TEST PITS.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM RECORD D011428 BY RON WORL WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MRDS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Comment (Development): FOUR PERCUSSION DRILL HOLES WERE INCLUDED IN EUGENE BELCHER'S ASSESSMENT WORK.

Comment (Deposit): THE MINERALIZATION IS LOCALIZED IN A HIGHLY BRECCIATED SHEAR ZONE TRENDING NW IN STRONGLY ARGILLIZED PURPLE ANDESITE. FAULT GOUGE AND SOME WALL ROCK HAVE BEEN REPLACED, AND SOME FISSURES ARE FILLED WITH VEINS ON SILICCOUS FLUORSPAR THAT RANGE IN WIDTH FROM A FEW INCHES TO 3 FT. THE WIDER PARTS ARE SMALL PODS OF ORE IRREGULARLY ARRANGED IN THE FRACTURED ZONE. THE FLUORSPAR IS TRANSLUCENT, GREEN, OR COLORLESS, CHIEFLY FINE-GRAINED AND INTIMATELY MIXED WITH QUARTZ THAT AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 30% OF THE WHOLE.

References

Reference (Production): ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946.

Reference (Deposit): 1978A, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES COMPUTER DATA BANK.

Reference (Deposit): ROSEVEARE, G.H., 1969, MINERALS AND WATER RESOURCES OF ARIZONA, P. 93-102.

Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, HE, ET AL, 1946, NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 80.

Reference (Deposit): BIGGERSTAFF, B.P., 1974, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M.S. THESIS, 102 P.

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, FE, 1966, USBM INF CIRC 8307, P. 61.

Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY, WN, 1978, NMBMMR MEM 34, P.33-34.

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