Bounds Fluorspar Prospect

The Bounds Fluorspar Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Grant county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,341 feet.

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

Name: Bounds Fluorspar Prospect  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Grant

Elevation: 5,341 Feet (1,628 Meters)

Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite

Lat, Long: 32.37444, -108.40417

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Bounds Fluorspar Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bounds Fluorspar Prospect
Secondary: Bounds Ranch Fluorspar Deposit


Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Manganese


Location

State: New Mexico
County: Grant
District: Bound Ranch District: New Well Canyon Area


Land Status

Land ownership: State
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: State Of New Mexico
Home Office: New Mexico


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Fluorite


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1978 CONSISTED OF TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS AND ONE SMALL ADIT.

Comment (Deposit): .05 TO .1 ST FLUORITE ORE PRODUCED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1034.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURS AS VEINS RANGING FROM 1 TO 2 FT. THICK AND ALONG NORTHEAST STRIKING FRACTURES.


References

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS

Reference (Deposit): GILLERMAN, E., 1964, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WESTERN GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 83, P 134

Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1034

Reference (Deposit): TALMAGE, S. B., AND WOOTTON, T. P., 1937, THE NON-METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO AND THEIR ECONOMIC FEATURES (EXCLUSIVE OF FUELS): NEW MEXICO BUREAU MINES AND MINERAL RES. BULL. 12, P 76

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU MINES, 1978, MINERAL INVENTORY LOCATION SYSTEM, SILVER CITY MAP 1:250,000.


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