Darrel Prospect

The Darrel Prospect is a lead and fluorine-fluorite mine located in Bernalillo county, New Mexico at an elevation of 8,799 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Darrel Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Bernalillo
District: Placitas District: Sandia Mountains Area

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Edgar Darrel
Home Office: Albuquerque, N.M.
Years: 1940 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1915
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: LENSE

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: Galena
Ore: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1966 CONSISTED OF 3 SHALLOW SHAFTS ABOUT 25 FT. TO 30 FT. DEEP.

Comment (Location): REPORTED TO BE LOCATED NEAR THE TOP OF TECOLOTE PEAK ON THE EAST FLANK OF THE SANDIA MOUNTAINS. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Comment (Deposit): TWO NEARLY VERTICAL, FILLED FISSURE VEINS STRIKE NORTHWEST AND ARE 75 TO 100 FT. APART. BOTH VEINS PINCH OUT OCCASIONALLY AND OCCUR IN LENSES UP TO 5 FT. THICK.

Comment (Deposit): RECORD # D009821 BY JERRY L. HAUG HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966 USBM IC-8307, P.11

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, V.C., AND NORTHROP, S.A., 1975 NMBMMR MEM 29, P. 101

Reference (Deposit): NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, H.E., JOHNSON, C.H., AND HAHN, A.D., 1946 NMBMMR BULL 21, P. 39-40

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