Whitewater Claims

The Whitewater Claims is a mine located in Catron county, New Mexico at an elevation of 6,319 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

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Site Name

Primary: Whitewater Claims
Secondary: Big Spar Prospect
Secondary: 25 127
Secondary: Huckleberry Spar Mine

Commodity

Tertiary: Calcium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Silica

Location

State: New Mexico
County: Catron
District: Mogollon 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: Unknown
Type: Unknown
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Felix And Arment Menges
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New Mexico
Info Year: 1975

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1920
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Mexican Highland

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MINEABLE RESERVES PROBABLY ONLY 40% OF INDICATED.

References

Reference (Deposit): ROTHROCK,H.E. NM BU MINS,MIN RES BULL 21 PP 44-46.

Reference (Deposit): SUR,F.J 1947 US BU MINS RI4053 PP 11.

Reference (Deposit): ARNOLD,R. 1974 GEOL & MIN DEPS OF LITTLE COTTONWOOD CAN ETC.

Reference (Deposit): MS THESIS UTEP PP 63.

Reference (Deposit): MCANULTY & MCANULTY 1974 PRIVATE REPORT.

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

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