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Calumet Mine

Prospect in Luna county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062734
MRDS ID TC36282
MAS/MILS ID 350290049
Record type Site
Current site name Calumet Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -107.93847, 31.79097 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position Several workings shown on aerial imagery.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Luna(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hermanas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Columbus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

El Paso(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Playas Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Luna

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 029S 011W 14 (11, 12?) NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE CARRIZALILLO HILLS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -107.93847, 31.79097
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner F.C. Yeager
    Home office Texas
    Year 1961

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PITS, SHALLOW VERTICAL SHAFT; DEVELOPMENT DONE IN 1956.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1961, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LUNA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 72, 157 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE ZONE WITH MINERALIZATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1992-11-01 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2010-10-08 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey Merged and deleted 10222964 (MAS 0350290049).
Reporter 1983-11-18 New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources Record 10222964. MAS 0350290049

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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