Paytiamo Deposit

Occurrence in Santa Fe county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

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

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.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Santa Fe

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 016N 011E 32 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM SOULE'S (1956, P. 32) DIRECTIONS. THERE IS NO UTM GRID AT THIS LOCATION. THE DEPOSIT IS ABOUT 1500 FEET NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 85. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Tenorite Ore

Analytical data

Result SOULE (1956, P.32) REPORTS ONE SAMPLE ASSAYED 5.6 % COPPER.

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.80168, 35.57312

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deer Creek Fault; Glorieta Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Discoverer Larue Payne Paytiamo, 317 Roslington Ave., Albuquerque, Nm (1943)

Mining district

District name Glorieta District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Larue Payne Paytiamo
    Home office 317 Roslington Ave., Albuquerque, N.M.
    First year 1943

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE A FEW SURFACE PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELSTON, W.E., 1967, NMBMMR BULL 81, P. 36

  • Deposit

    SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 32

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP GM-24, 1972.

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references