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Joy Group

Prospect in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Bismuth, Tungsten, Gold, Silver
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014607
MRDS ID D011451
Record type Site
Current site name Joy Group
Alternate or previous names Indian Hill, Copeland, And Sprouse

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.40479, 32.59179 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burro Peak(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)

Federal lands

Gila 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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
020S 015W INDIAN HILLS = SEC. 4,COPELAND = SEC. 8,SPROUSE = SEC. 8 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • COPELAND = 32-35-30N,108-24-30W; SPROUSE = 32-34-30N,108-24-45W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Bismuth Critical Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tenorite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.40479, 32.59179
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name White Signal District, Burro Mnts. Area

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPED ABOUT 1900 FOR CU. INTERMITTANT ACTIVITY BETWEEN 1930 AND 1960, INCLUDING EXTENSIVE DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964, MNBMMR BULL. 83, 213 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 Davies, Robert C. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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