Eagle Nest Prospect

The Eagle Nest Prospect is a ree and fluorine-fluorite mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 7,461 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Eagle Nest Prospect
Secondary: All American Prospect
Secondary: Gallinas Rare Earth Deposits
Secondary: Conqueror Mine
Secondary: Hoosier Girl Prospect
Secondary: Red Cloud Mine

Commodity

Primary: REE
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Silica
Tertiary: Calcium

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Lincoln
District: Gallinas Mining District

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

Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Lehman, Adele And Davis, Edna L.
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1975

Owner Name: Edward French
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1975

Production

Year: 1955
Description: Fluorite-Bastnasite, Mined 1943-1955. 5897 Metric Tons
Year: 1943
Description: Lead, Mined 1902-1943. 735 Metric Tons
Year: 1943
Description: Copper, Mined 1902-1943. 168235 Kilograms
Year: 1943
Description: Silver, Mined 1902-1943. 696863 Grams
Year: 1943
Description: Gold, Mined 1902-1943. 173 Grams

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Timbered Stopes - Overhand Square-Set
Milling Method: Flotation
Discovery Year: 1942
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sacramento Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Goethite
Unknown: Gypsum
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Azurite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE ABOVE RESERVES WERE ESTIMATED BY THE U.S. BUMINES AND AND ARE DESCRIBED IN WAR MINERALS REPORT 125, SUPPLEMENT, P. 8 AND 38-40. THESE RESERVES WERE USED IN THE EVALUATION. THE ABOVE RESERVES WERE ESTIMATED BY THE U.S. BUMINES FOR WAR MINERALS REPORT 125, 1945. THE ORE OF THIS RESERVE FIGURE IS DISTRIBUTED OVER 8 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. BECAUSE OF THIS DISTRIBUTION, AS WELL AS, SMALL INDIVIDUAL TONNAGES REQUIRING EXPENSIVE UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT COSTS, THESE RESERVES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS EVALUATION. M9C4=M3C1:M9C5=M2C1:M9C6=M1C1

Comment (Deposit): THERE ARE THREE SEPARATE OREBODIES. TWO OF THE OREBODIES ARE VEIN DEPOSITS: THE EAGLE NEST VEIN STRIKES NORTHWEST AND IS ALMOST VERTICAL; IT IS ABOUT 128 METERS LONG AND 2.13 TO 6.4 METERS WIDE WITH A THICKNESS AS MUCH AS 13 METERS. THE OLD HICKORY VEIN IS ALSO NEARLY VERTICAL, AND ITS MAXIMUM DIMENSIONS ARE 59 METERS LONG 52 METERS DEEP AND 1.5 TO 6 METERS WIDE. THE RED CLOUD OREBODY IS A IRREGULAR BRECCIATED MASS THAT HAS MAXIMUM DIMENSIONS THAT ARE 30 METERS BY 15 METERS BY 15 METERS DEEP. ALL THE OREBODIES ARE NEAR THE SURFACE AND ARE OVERLAIN ONLY BY A THIN LAYER OF UNCONSOLIDATED MATERIAL.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): OTHER OWNERS: ADELE LEHMAN & EDNA L. DAVIS OF CALIFORNIA. FORMERLY LISTED UNDER SEQ. NO. 0350270000B. OTHER PROPERTIES INCLUDED ARE RED CLOUD, EAGLE NEST, AND OLD HICKORY. PAST PRODUCTION WAS FOR PB/CU/AG AND FOR FLUORITE. REPORTED AS REO AND CAF2 THE RESERVES IN ADIT ARE THE SUMMATION OF QUANT-GRADE MATS 1,2+3

Comment (Production): THE ACTUAL RECOVERIES ARE 89.9% FOR CAF2 AND 68.85% FOR RE2O3. BECAUSE OF A DEFECT IN THE DATA BASE SYSTEM, THEY HAVE BEEN ROUNDED.

References

Reference (Deposit): 151-299.

Reference (Deposit): SYSTEM. U.S.B.M. CONTRACT NO. J025506, PP. 47-101,

Reference (Deposit): STRAAM ENGINEERS, INC. CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST ESTIMATING

Reference (Deposit): 67, PP. 17-21.

Reference (Deposit): MEXICO. NEW MEXICO BUMINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, BULL.

Reference (Deposit): GRISWOLD, G.B. MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEW

Reference (Deposit): 239.

Reference (Deposit): PARAGENESIS. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY VOL. 59, 1964, PP. 226-

Reference (Deposit): OF THE GALLINAS MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO AND BASTNASITE

Reference (Deposit): PERHAC, R.M., E. WM. HEINRICH, FLUORITE-BASTNASITE DEPOSITS

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, JUNE 1943, PP. 1-41.

Reference (Deposit): GALLINAS MOUNTAINS, LINCOLN CO., NEW MEXICO. U.S.

Reference (Deposit): REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN THE

Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK, H.E., R.H. EARHART, AND R.G. SMALLEY, PRELIMINARY

Reference (Deposit): PP. 1-51.

Reference (Deposit): MEXICO. SUPPLEMENT TO WAR MINERALS NO. 125, AUG. 1945,

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUMINES, GALLINAS FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS LINCOLN CO. N.

Reference (Deposit): PP. 1-25.

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN CO. N. MEXICO U.S. BUMINES RI-3854, 1946,

Reference (Deposit): SOULE, J.H. EXPLORATION OF GALLINAS FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS

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