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Rule Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012506
MRDS ID D008164
Record type Site
Current site name Rule Prospect
Related records 10297141

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.5245, 34.39814 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position ABOUT 25 MILES N 18 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

Table Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Salado(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 002N 002W 14 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE SEVILLETA LAND GRANT. SECTION LINE PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Covellite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.5245, 34.39814
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ladrons Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sevilleta Land Grant And The State Of New Mexico
    First year 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 90

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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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