| Deposit ID | 10013299 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009520 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tullock Shaft |
| Alternate or previous names | Valley Group Patented In 1916, Claims, Valley, Iron Sides, Bell, Talcacite, Dagger Point, Rabbit, Eagle, Mexico, Dutchman |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.3534, 32.53706 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1814 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 17.5 MILES S14W OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
White Signal(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 020S | 015W | 25 | SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Uranium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Torbernite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -108.3534, 32.53706 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Fault Strikes N 70 W. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 45 TO 70 W |
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Thickness | 1.22M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1950 |
| Year of last production | 1959 |
| District name | White Signal District: Southern Burro Mountains |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Micronesia Metal And Equipment Co. |
| Home office | Washington, D.C. |
| First year | 1959 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mrs. R. D. Tullock |
| Home office | Silver City, N.M |
| First year | 1962 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 79.25M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009520 |
GILLERMAN,E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 99-100, PLATE 7
HEDLUND,D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSITS OCCUR IN NORTHWEST STRIKING VEINS UP TO 4 FT. THICK. NINE PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1626 COVERING 181.892 ACRES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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