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Continental Breccia Pipe

Prospect in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Molybdenum
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064808
MRDS ID TC39333
Record type Site
Current site name Continental Breccia Pipe
Related records 10126462, 10199260

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.09783, 32.85289 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 1.2 MI N65W OF FIERRO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Rita Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S}017S}017S}017S 012W}012W}012W}012W 5}4}8}9 SE (05) OF SW (04) OF NE (08) OF NW ( 09) New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Continental Breccia
    Rock description Continental Breccia
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.09783, 32.85289
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE ()
    Plunge NW
    Length 1066.8M
    Width 762M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fierro-Hanover

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cobre Mining Co.
    First year 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILLESLAND, L.L., ET AL, 1994, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE CONTINENTAL MINE, GRANT COUNTY, NM: COBRE MINING CO, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 22 P.

  • Deposit

    FIELD VISIT 10/94 BY KEITH R. LONG, USGS.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-NOV-1994 Long, Keith R. 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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