| Deposit ID | 10011901 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D007088 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Caballo Mountains Mining and Leaching Co. Claims |
| Alternate or previous names | Claims, Alice, Copper Queen, Spring, Mountain Chief, Wheel of Fortune, Jack Pot, Lincoln, Rainbow, Providence, Wilson, Lady Franklin, Sligo, Black Bear, Silver Cliff |
| Related records | 10272551 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.27198, 32.89373 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1402 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 16.5 MILES S 4 W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sierra(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Caballo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Sierra |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 016S | 004W | 29 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Copper | Ore |
| Lead | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||
| Rock unit name | Bliss And El Paso Group | ||
| Rock description | Bliss And El Paso Group | ||
| |||
| (1) | -107.27198, 32.89373 |
|---|
| Thickness | 1.22M |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| District name | Sierra Caballos District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Caballo Mountains Mining And Leaching Co. |
| First year | 1930 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 121.92M |
| Overall depth | 91.44M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D007088 |
HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 208
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSITS OCCUR AS FISSURE VEINS IN SEDIMENTS OVERLYING PREC GRANITE. 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1981 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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