Juan Torres Prospect

The Juan Torres Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,299 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Juan Torres Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Ladrons Mountains Area

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

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Torres, Juan
Home Office: Magdalena, Nm
Years: 1927 -

Owner Name: Torres, Juan
Years: 1927 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1927
Year Last Production: 1927
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

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Specularite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF A 25 FT. TRENCH, A 75 FT. SHALLOW OPEN CUT AND A 20 FT. DEEP SHAFT.

Comment (Production): ONE CARLOAD OF METALLURGICAL FLUORSPAR PRODUCED.

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSTON, W.D., JR., 1928 NMBMMR BULL 4, P. 124-125

Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 89-90

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P. 120-121

Reference (Deposit): CONDIE, K.C., 1976 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 38

Reference (Production): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, P. 120

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