Strozzi Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012508
MRDS ID D008166
Record type Site
Current site name Strozzi Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.17059, 34.05342 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 16 MILES DUE WEST OF SOCORRO., Within A Radius Of 750 Feet., Within A Radius Of 750 Feet.

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 17 NE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM NMBMMR GENERAL DATA FILE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE OF TWO BEST SAMPLES: 4.81% PB
Result 0.5%CU
Result 3.91 OZ AG/TON
Result 0.35 OZ AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.17059, 34.05342

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike WEST
    Dip STEEPLY NORTH

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 National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Henry Strozzi Andjack Poteete
    First year 1962

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1962 CONSISTED OF 3 SHORT ADITS WITH COMBINED WORKINGS OF ABOUT 500 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SUMNER, W., 1980 NMBMMR OFR-135, 151 PAGES, MAP

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-81 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.