| Deposit ID | 10089313 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W016596 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Greenback Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Stone Prospect, Greenback Claim |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.58946, 32.97512 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1814 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
| Relative position | 40 MILES S 70 E OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sierra(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hembrillo Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
White Sands(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(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
DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Sierra |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 015S | 004E | 27 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Bismuth Critical | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bismuthinite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone | ||
| |||
| (1) | -106.58946, 32.97512 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Two Large Diorite-Syenite Dikes Trending East-West Enclose The Area. The Dikes Are About 1.5 Miles Apart. |
| General form | VEINLETS, PODS |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1907 |
| Discoverer | G.E. Stone |
| District name | Grandview Canyon District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Military Reservation |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | G. E. Stone Jr. (1940'S) |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W016596 |
LASKEY, G.T., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P85
NMBMMR, 1965, BULL 87, P202, P243, P371
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEINLETS AND PODS OF CHALCOPYRITE WITH SOME BISMUTH ORE AND SCHEELITE FOLLOW A NORTHWARD TRENDING SHEAR IN SCHISTOSE GREENSTONE NEAR THE TOP OF THE PRECAMBRIAN. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-76 | Weeks, Robert | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-81 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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