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Crested Butte Prospect

Occurrence in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. 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 10062742
MRDS ID TC36292
Record type Site
Current site name Crested Butte Prospect
Related records 10150085

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.57279, 32.43874 (WGS84)

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)

Jornada Draw(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(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 Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 21S 04E 31 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tetradymite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.46 OZ/ST AU, 300 OZ/ST AG (ONE SPECIMEN)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Piedmont alluvial deposits
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1933
Discoverer Trueblood And Boyd

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS ON E-W TRENDING DIKE CUTTING EXCELSIOR AND GALLOWAY DIKES.

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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