Eureka Prospect

The Eureka Prospect is a mine located in Lincoln county, New Mexico at an elevation of 5,965 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: Eureka Prospect  

State:  New Mexico

County:  Lincoln

Elevation: 5,965 Feet (1,818 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 34.2, -105.73330

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Eureka Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Eureka Prospect
Secondary: Eureka & Hoosier Boy Claims


Commodity

Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Copper


Location

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


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Lehman, Adele And Davis, Edna L.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1975


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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: Barite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Calcite


Comments

Not available


References

Reference (Deposit): SOULE,J.H. 1946 US BU MINS RI3854 P 25

Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013


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