| Deposit ID | 10087887 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010607 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Warnock Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Alamo Mine, Warnock Adit, East Warnock Workings: Alamo Group, Alam O Extension Group, Warnock Group, Warnock Extension Group: Holmes and Stewart Property, Hershberger Property |
| Related records | 10151480 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.85833, 32.88012 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2164 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 6 MILES S79E OF ALAMOGORDO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Otero(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
High Rolls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Alamogordo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Carlsbad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Lincoln 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 | Otero |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 016S | 011E | 30 | SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Cobalt Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose | ||||
| Rock unit name | Abo Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Abo Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -105.85833, 32.88012 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1916 |
| Year of last production | 1956 |
| District name | Sacramento District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lester Millhouse |
| Home office | High Rolls, N.M. |
| First year | 1956 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Frank Holmes |
| Home office | Modesto, Ca. |
| First year | 1956 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010607 |
SOULE, J.H., 1956 USBM IC-7740, P. 72
ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 103
PRAY, L.C., 1961 NMBMMR BULL 35, P. 104
JEROME, S.E., CAMPBELL, D.D., WRIGHT, J.S., AND VITZ, H.E., 1965 NM BMMR BULL 86, P. 6-19, PLATES 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, AND 10.
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1983 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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