| Deposit ID | 10014819 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011787 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Paytiamo Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Deposit: Paytiano |
| Related records | 10273035 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.80168, 35.57312 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2213 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 11.2 MILES S 47 E OF SANTA FE, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Santa Fe(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Glorieta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Grande-Santa Fe(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 | Santa Fe |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 016N | 011E | 32 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Malachite | Ore |
| Tenorite | Ore |
| Result | SOULE (1956, P.32) REPORTS ONE SAMPLE ASSAYED 5.6 % COPPER. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Sangre De Cristo Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Sangre De Cristo Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -105.80168, 35.57312 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Deer Creek Fault; Glorieta Syncline |
| General form | LENS |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1942 |
| Discoverer | Larue Payne Paytiamo, 317 Roslington Ave., Albuquerque, Nm (1943) |
| District name | Glorieta District |
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| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Larue Payne Paytiamo |
| Home office | 317 Roslington Ave., Albuquerque, N.M. |
| First year | 1943 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011787 |
ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 36
SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 32
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-24, 1972.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE OCCURS IN PERMIAN SANDSTONES, AS MALACHITE AND TENORITE. THERE ARE SOME IGNEOUS INTRUSIONS NEAR THE AREAS OF COPPER MINERALIZATION. THE DEPOSIT IS EXTREMELY SMALL. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1940'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1984 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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