| Deposit ID | 10014968 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DAV0065 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bonito Property |
| Alternate or previous names | Great Western Mine |
| Related records | 10223056 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.78611, 33.44678 (WGS84) |
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Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lincoln(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Nogal Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ruidoso(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Hondo(hydrologic unit)
Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Pecos(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Lincoln |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10S | 11E | 15 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Model code | 84 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22b |
| Deposit model name | Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins) |
| Mark3 model number | 80 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||
| |||
| (1) | Tertiary intrusive rocks of intermediate to silicic composition |
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| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Rio Grande Rift |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Lincoln County Porphyry Belt |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1988 |
| District name | Nogal |
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| Ownership category | |
|---|---|
| Area name | Blm Roswell Resource Area |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Pioneer Metals Corp. |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1988 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 1000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DAV0065 |
FULP AND WOODWARD ,1991, NM GEOL. SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK, 42D FIELD CONF., P. 327-328. DAYTON, 1988, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURAL, V. 189, NO. 3, P. 119-131. RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1990/1991, P. 257. GRISWOLD, 1959, NMBOMMR BULLETIN 67, P. 60
FULP AND WOODWARD (1991); DAYTON (1988); AND RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY (1991).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEEPER SULFIDES ARE MAY BE PRESENT. WHEN THE DEPOSIT WAS KNOWN AS THE GREAT WESTERN MINE, SEVERAL ADITS WERE DRIVEN AND A SMALL OPEN PIT WAS EXCAVATED. A SMALL MILL WAS LOCATED BELOW THE PIT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1992 | Sutphin, David M. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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