| Deposit ID | 10087737 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008903 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hornet Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Hornet Group, Defense Group, Jenkins Hornet Prospect, Weary Willie Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.47889, 36.73671 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2804 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 24 MILES N 14 E OF TAOS. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Taos(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Red River(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic unit)
Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Carson National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Taos |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 029N | 014E | 19,20 | NE (19); NW (20) | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Rhodochrosite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Wad | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock |
| (1) | Tertiary intrusive rocks of intermediate to silicic composition |
|---|
| General form | FISSURES |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1941 |
| District name | Red River District: Cabresto Creek Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mineral Resources Corp. |
| Home office | Albuquerque, N.M. |
| First year | 1948 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | John Jenkins And Burt Phipps |
| First year | 1940 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 198.12M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008903 |
ELLIS, R.W., 1929 UNIVERSITY OF N.M. BULL 167, VOL IV, NO 2, P. 125-126
SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 32-34
FARNHAM, L.L., 1961 USBM IC-8030, P. 175
CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 115, MAP 2
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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