California and Utah Claims

Occurrence in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -108.37729, 32.54901 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position ABOUT 17 MILES S 20 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 020S 015W 22 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE SHAFT ON THE CALIFORNIA CLAIM AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1040.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Torbernite Ore
Clay Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Burro Mountain Granite
    Rock description Burro Mountain Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.37729, 32.54901

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Smaller Faults Trending Due East Intersect The Main Northwest Striking Fault Near The Main Workings.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposits Localized Where Northwest Striking Faults Intersect The Diabase Dike In Fractures And Disseminated In Altered Diabase.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Signal District: Southern Burro Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • 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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1964 CONSISTED OF FOUR SHAFTS WHICH RANGED FROM 20 TO 40 FT. DEEP AND NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 86-87,,PLATE 7

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1040

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

General comments

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.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.