Wager Canyon Prospects

Occurrence in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Alteration
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10062676
MRDS ID	TC36215
Record type	Site
Current site name	Wager Canyon Prospects
Alternate or previous names	Includes Several Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-106.82224, 32.4893 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dona Ana(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	New Mexico	Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
New Mexico	21S	01E	15		New Mexico

Comments on the location information

LOCATED ON NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY ANIMAL SCIENCE RANCH.

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Silver	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Gold	Ore
Silver	Ore
Quartz	Gangue

Alteration

(Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result	2 SAMPLES AVERAGED 13 OZ/ST AU, 1,675 OZ/ST AG.

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
Rock unit name	Cleofas Andesite
Rock description	Cleofas Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-106.82224, 32.4893	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC36215

Bibliographic references

Deposit

DUNHAM, K.C., 1935, THE GEOLOGY OF THE ORGAN MOUNTAINS -- WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DONA ANA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES, STATE BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 11, 272 P.
Deposit

SEAGER, W.R., KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., AND HAWLEY, J.W., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE DONA ANA MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 147, 36 P.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	MINERALIZATION ALONG RHYOLITE DIKE, HIGHLY SILICIFIED, ONLY 150 FT LENGTH IS ALTERED AND FEW FT OUT FROM THE DIKE ALTERED.

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.