Uncle John Prospect

Past Producer in Catron county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Cadmium
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087751
MRDS ID D009061
Record type Site
Current site name Uncle John Prospect
Alternate or previous names Lead Bullion Prospect 1917, Gimey Prospect 1919, Complex Prospect 1930
Related records 10271502

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.75119, 33.26704 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 31 MILES SOUTH OF RESERVE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holt Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(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)

Gila Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Catron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 012S 019W 12 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF BIG DRY CREEK ABOUT 0.5 MILES UPSTREAM FROM JOHNSON CABIN AS SHOWN ON USGS MAP I-886. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Cadmium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM USGS BULL 1451, P. 130.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SIX SAMPLES RANGED FROM
Result 0.44 % TO 9.90 % PB
Result 0.30 % TO 9.01 % ZN
Result 0.15 % TO 0.76 % CU
Result 0.60 TO 3.94 OZ AG/TON
Result LESS THAN 0.03 % TO 0.72 % CD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Apache Spring Tuff
    Rock description Apache Spring Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.75119, 33.26704

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND SHOOTS
    Strike N 75 W
    Dip 55 TO 80 NE
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1884
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Mogollon Mountains Area: Big Dry Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lloyd Grant
    Home office Santa Rita, N.M.
    First year 1948
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ivan Milburn And Joe Salars
    Home office Silver City, N.M.
    First year 1950

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF AN ADIT, A DRIFT, A SHAFT AND A SMALL OPENCUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RATTE, J.C., AND OTHERS, 1979 USGS BULL 1451, P. 130, FIG. 39F

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    RATTE, J.C., AND GASKILL, D.L., 1975 USGS MAP I-886

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN PODS AND FAULT GOUGE FROM 1 IN. TO 24 IN. THICK ALONG NORTHWEST-STRIKING FRACTURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references