Pharmacist Prospect

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062684
MRDS ID TC36223
Record type Site
Current site name Pharmacist Prospect
Related records 10150483

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.51918, 32.45207 (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

Organ(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)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

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 27 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ON MINERAL HILL. LOCATED ON WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS - 0.40 OZ/ST AU, 6.66 OZ/ST AG, 5.63% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.51918, 32.45207

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Discoverer John Bonney

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF AU PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ONLY ONE OF TWO PARALLEL VEINS PROSPECTED AS OF 1935.

Comments on the workings information

  • 80 FT DEEP INCLINED SHAFT, 195 FT LONG TUNNEL, STOPES.

Reference information

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.

External references