| Deposit ID | 10094483 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008284 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Green Mountain Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Green Mountain Group Patented In 1908: Claims, Mcclure Lode, Anderson Lode, Emerald Lode: Copper Ridge Or Copper Hill Tungsten Deposit 1951 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.74335, 36.23838 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2530 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 15 MILES S 40 W OF TAOS. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Taos(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Penasco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Taos(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
BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Taos |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 023N | 011E | 11 | SW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Wolframite | Ore |
| Mica | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Ortega Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Ortega Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -105.74335, 36.23838 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Picuris District: Copper Ridge Or La Sierrita Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Arthur Montgomery |
| First year | 1951 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Green Mountain Copper Co. |
| First year | 1900 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 91.44M |
| Overall depth | 53.34M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008284 |
JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 161
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 89-91
MONTGOMERY, A., 1953 NMBMMR BULL 30, 89 PAGES
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 3 PATENTED CLAIMS MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 1199 COVERING 61.983 ACRES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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