| Deposit ID | 10014465 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011253 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Morningstar Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Prospect: Gold Mine, Prospect, Claims: Morningstar 1-10 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.88949, 36.06282 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2787 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 55.6 MILES N 21 W OF BERNALILLO, NM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sandoval(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cuba(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 | Sandoval |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 021N | 001W | 12 | CENTER OF E2 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Sericite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -106.88949, 36.06282 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nacimiento Fault |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Nacimiento Fault And A Shear Zone Where Mineralization Took Place. |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Width | 1.22M |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1961 |
| Discoverer | Cosme T. Herrera, P.O. Box 6, Cuba, Nm (1961) |
| District name | Nacimiento District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cosme T. Herrera |
| Home office | P.O. Box 6, Cuba, N.M. |
| First year | 1983 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011253 |
WOODWARD, L.A., D.H. MCLELLAND, J.B. ANDERSON AND W.H. KAUFMAN, 1972, NMBMMR GM-25
WEBER, R.H., 1961, UNPUBLISHED FIELD NOTES
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A VEIN 3 TO 4 FEET WIDE OF SHEARED GRANITE. THERE ARE SCALES, FILMS, AND IRREGULAR VEINS OF BRIGHT NATIVE GOLD AND LOCAL SMALL NODULES OR PODS OF MALACHITE. THERE IS FOUR-FEET BETWEEN TWO MAIN FAULTS THAT FORM THE FOOTWALL AND A POSITION INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN THE FOOTWALL AND AN ILL-DEFINED HANGING WALL. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1984 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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