| Deposit ID | 10014825 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011794 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hammond Mine |
| Related records | 10175203 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.37333, 35.47367 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2018 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 14.0 MILES S 43 W OF LAS VEGAS, NM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Miguel(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Tecolote(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Villanueva(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Pecos Headwaters(hydrologic unit)
Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Pecos(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 | San Miguel |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 014N | 015E | 05 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Result | SOULE (1956, P.38) REPORTS TWO SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.10 AND 0.76 PERCENT COPPER. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Sangre De Cristo | ||||
| Rock description | Sangre De Cristo | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -105.37333, 35.47367 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Starvation Peak Anticline, Bernal Fault, And The Serafina Monocline |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Starvation Peak Anticline, Bernal Fault, And The Serafina Monocline |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NORTH-SOUTH |
| Dip | 20 E |
| Thickness | 5.49M |
| Length | 152.4M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1917 |
| Discoverer | Charles Hammond |
| Year of first production | 1917 |
| Year of last production | 1918 |
| District name | Tecolote District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Joe Morrow |
| Home office | Las Vegas, N.M. |
| First year | 1956 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011794 |
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 117-122.
HARLEY, G.T., 1940 NMBMMR BULL 15, P. 57-62.
SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 36-39.
JOHNSON, R.B., 1970, USGS MAP GQ-869
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE ORE OCCURS IN AN ARKOSIC SANDSTONE BED THAT DIPS 20 DEGREE EAST. THE MINERALIZATION IS ABOUT 8 TO 18 FEET THICK AND CAN BE SEEN IN OUTCROP, INTERMITTANTLY, FOR ABOUT 500 FEET. CHALCOCITE WAS THE PRIMARY COPPER MINERAL, AND MALACHITE THE PREDOMINANT OXIDATION MINERAL. THE MINERALS OCCUR AS DISSEMINATIONS REPLACING THE CEMENTING MATERIAL AND AS NODULES AND PATCHES. A SMALL AMOUNT OF CARBONACEOUS MATTER OCCURS IN THE BED. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1984 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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