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Crestone Group

Occurrence in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
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  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012496
MRDS ID D008151
Record type Site
Current site name Crestone Group
Alternate or previous names Claims Patented In 1906, Crestone, Golden Sunrise Nos. 1 and 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.18587, 34.01037 (WGS84)
Elevation 2896
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 17 MILES S 80 W OF SOCORRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 003S 003W 31 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ABOUT ONE MILE EAST OF FRENCHIES CABIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.18587, 34.01037
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Magdalena Mountains Area: Water Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Marvin L. Kempton
    Home office Socorro, N.M.
    First year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KREWEDL, D.A., 1974 NMBMMR OFR-44, 139 PAGES

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, P., 1979 NMBMMR OFR-119, 161 PAGES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1241 COVERING 60.76 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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

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