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Apex Claims

Occurrence in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014957
MRDS ID DAV0052
Record type Site
Current site name Apex Claims
Related records 10248335

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.67222, 33.84288 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Oaks North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carrizozo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lincoln 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
5S 12E 27 SW4 OF SE4 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREAABOUT .25 MI SE OF SPRING (GOLD STAIN) MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 84
USGS model code 22b
Deposit model name Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Mark3 model number 80

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.67222, 33.84288
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lincoln County Porphyry Belt

Ore body information

  • General form HYDROTHERMAL VEIN, BRECCIA
    Strike 90E
    Dip STEEP
    Width 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO SHAFTS EXPOSE A BRECCIA CONTAINING CHALCOPYRITE, WITH PYRITE AS VEIN FILLING OR REPLACEMENT BETWEEN BRECCIA FRAGMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jicarilla

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 300-FT ADIT EXTENDING S75E, AND TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS AND A SHORT ADIT ABOUT 500 FT EAST OF THE LONG ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 67, 117 P. SEGERSTROM, KENNETH, AND RYBERG, G.E., 1974, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1308

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOUT .25 MI SE OF SPRING MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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