Round Or Maverick Mountain

Past Producer in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gemstone
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062519
MRDS ID TC36010
Record type Site
Current site name Round Or Maverick Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.87339, 33.52288 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wahoo Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Mateo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila 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 Sierra

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Topaz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.87339, 33.52288

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Taylor Creek District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARTER, M.D., 1977, GEM MATERIALS, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 87, P. 267-276

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. (Sutphin, D.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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