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Sunol Mine

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062677
MRDS ID TC36216
Record type Site
Current site name Sunol Mine
Related records 10296360

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.48806, 32.48152 (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

White Sands(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(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)

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 04E 13 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1890
Year of last production 1900

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 INCLINED SHAFTS, DEEPEST 200 FT, DRIFTS AND SURFACE CUTS.

Comments on development

  • MILL.CAP: 10-STAMP MILL (1892)

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED FRACTURES WITHIN AND ALONG EPIDIORITE DIKE TREND N80W.

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.

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