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Colombus Group

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062725
MRDS ID TC36272
Record type Site
Current site name Colombus Group
Alternate or previous names Includes Chance Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.69007, 33.20204 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rice Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 13S 18W 3 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG IS FOR CENTER OF SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.69007, 33.20204
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike SE
    Dip 70SW
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RATTE, J.C., GASKILL, D.L., EATON, G.P., PETERSON, D.L., STOTELMEYER, R.B., AND MEEVES, H.C., 1979, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GILA PRIMITIVE AREA AND GILA WILDERNESS, NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1451, 229 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS AND FRACTURES IN RHYOLITE DIKE MINERALIZED. THICKNESS RANGES FROM 0.33 TO 2 FT.

Reporter information

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

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

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