| Deposit ID | 10009826 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003059 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | California and Utah Claims |
| Alternate or previous names | California Mine, Utah Mine, California-Utah Deposit: Calims Patented In 1926, California, Utah |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.37729, 32.54901 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1829 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 17 MILES S 20 W OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Burro Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Mimbres(hydrologic unit)
Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 020S | 015W | 22 | SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Torbernite | Ore |
| Clay | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase |
| (1) | -108.37729, 32.54901 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Smaller Faults Trending Due East Intersect The Main Northwest Striking Fault Near The Main Workings. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | White Signal District: Southern Burro Mountains |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Leach, A. A. And F.I. |
| Home office | Lordsburg, N.M. |
| First year | 1920 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Hill, A. G. And Leach, A. A. And F. I. |
| First year | 1950 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 12.19M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003059 |
GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 86-87,,PLATE 7
HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1040
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSITS OCCUR AS VEINS AND DISSEMINATED IN ALTERED DIABASE DIKES ALONG A NORTHWEST STRIKING FAULT. TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1903 COVERING ABOUT 41 ACRES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-78 | Hasler, J. William | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-82 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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