| Deposit ID | 10014072 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010693 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rialto Molybdenum Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Fulmer Tunnel, Rialto Group |
| Related records | 10271814 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.78333, 33.49539 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2652 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 11.75 MILES S 29 E OF CARRIZOZO, EAST SIDE OF NOGAL PEAK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lincoln(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Nogal Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ruidoso(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Hondo(hydrologic unit)
Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Lincoln National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Lincoln |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 009S | 011E | 27 | SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Turquoise | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 80 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 21b |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Mo, low-F |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Rialto Stock | ||||||
| Rock description | Rialto Stock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite |
| (1) | -105.78333, 33.49539 |
|---|
| General form | PIPE |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1894 |
| Discoverer | M.D. Gaylord |
| District name | Nogal District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Blm Roswell Resource Area |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Rialto Exploration And Development Co., Inc. |
| Home office | Nogal, N.M. |
| First year | 1973 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 165.2M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010693 |
GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 57-61
GRISWOLD, G.B., AND MISSAGHI, F., 1964 NMBMMR CRIC 67, 24 PAGES
THOMPSON, T.B., AND NMBMMR CIRC 123, P. 10-12, FIGURES 2 AND 8
SEGERSTROM, K., STOTELMEYER, R.B., AND WILLIAMS, F.E., 1979 USGS BULL 1453, P. 49-50
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
1957 DIREXPL AMA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF DISSEMINATED MINERALIZATION AND CLOSELY SPACEDMINERALIZED FRACTURES IN AND ADJACENT TO AN IRREGULARLY SHAPED BRECCIA PIPE. 39 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. |
| Deposit | RECORD # D000579 BY ROBERT U. KING HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-83 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-74 | King, Robert U. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-90 | Bolm, Karen S. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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