The Bachelder-Everheart Prospect is a lead, fluorine-fluorite, and barium-barite mine located in Socorro county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,049 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,049 Feet (1,539 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 34.29361, -106.81250
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Bachelder-Everheart Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bachelder-Everheart Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: New Mexico
County: Socorro
District: Los Canoncitos Area: Joyita Hills 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: Sevilleta Land Grant And The State Of New Mexico
Years: 1981 -
Owner Name: J. H. Bachelder And T. B. Everheart
Years: 1915 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Barite
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE UNSURVEYED SEVILLETA LAND GRANT. TOWNSHIP, RANGE AND SECTION PROJECTED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST A SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 59-60
Reference (Deposit): WILLIAMS, F.E., USBM IC-8307, P. 121
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