| Deposit ID | 10014234 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010912 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0350390022 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Eureka Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Eureka Group: Claims Patented In 1926, Conglomerate Nos. 1 and 2, Eureka |
| Included sites | Nacimiento Mountains District |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.85643, 36.00726 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2766 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 51 MILES S 20 W OF TIERRA AMARILLA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Rio Arriba(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Nacimiento Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Abiquiu(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Puerco(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Santa Fe 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 | Rio Arriba |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 021N | 001E | 32 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||
| Rock unit name | Chinle Formation;Agua Zarca Sandstone Member | ||
| Rock description | Chinle Formation;Agua Zarca Sandstone Member | ||
| |||
| (1) | -106.85643, 36.00726 |
|---|
| General form | LENSE |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 12.19M |
| Width | 85.34M |
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| Year of last production | 1956 |
| District name | Nacimiento Mountains District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | G. M. Baker And R. D. Marton |
| First year | 1956 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Earth Resources Corp. |
| Home office | Cuba, N.M. |
| First year | 1969 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 152.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010912 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0350390022 | =newMRDS 10272100, merged and deleted. |
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: USGS PP 68, P. 144-146.
SOULE J.H., 1956, RECONAISSANCE OF THE 'RED BED' COPPER DEPOSTS IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO: USBM I.C. 7740, P. 43, 44, 46.
KAUFMAN, W.H., SCHUMACHER, O.L., AND WOODWARD, L.A., 1972, STRATIFORM COPPER MINERALIZATION IN THE NACIMIENTO REGION, NEW MEXICO: NMBMMR PROGRESS/TARGET REPORT E-1, 12 p.
ELSTON W.E., 1967, SUMMARY OF THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF BERNILILLO, SANDOVAL, AND SANTA FE COUNTIES, NEW MEXICO: NMBMMR BULL. 81, P. 25-29.
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
NM STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, ANNUAL REPORT 44TH, 1956, PP. 38, 52.
DARTON N.H., 1928, 'RED BEDS' AND ASSOCIATED FORMATIONS IN NEW MEXICO: USGS BULL. 794, PLATE 37.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF MINERALIZED CARBONACEOUS FOSSIL PLANT MATERIAL AND DISSEMINATED MINERALIZATION OCCURRING IN INTERSTICES OF THE CLASTIC HOST ROCKS OR ALONG FRACTURE SURFACES. MINERALIZATION IS CONFINED MOSTLY TO THE LOWER PART OF A LENTICULAR CHANNEL-COMPLEX ABOUT 280 FT. WIDE AND UP TO 40 FT. THICK. TWO PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1938 COVERING 41.32 ACRES. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1880'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-83 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Reporter | 01-DEC-83 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 22-APR-10 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | merged and deleted duplicate record 10272100. |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.