Silvertone Claim

Occurrence in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Uranium, Thorium
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094713
MRDS ID DAV0042
Record type Site
Current site name Silvertone Claim
Related records 10247872

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.46721, 33.60011 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Capitan Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carrizozo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Hondo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
8S 15E 22,23 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREAEXPLORATORY CUTS AND PITS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Thorium Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 29
USGS model code 11c
Deposit model name Alkaline complex associated zircon

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.46721, 33.60011

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lincoln County Porphyry Belt

Ore body information

  • General form BRECCIA VEIN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • BRECCIA ZONE, SLIGHT ALTERATION. VEIN STRIKES S64W A 60N DIP, WITH 1 1/2 FT WIDTH, 200 FT LONG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Capitan Mountains

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LYNN, R.D., 1953, MEMO NO. 43407, ANACONDA COLLECTION, UNIVERSITY OF WY, LARAMIE, WY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO SMALL UNDEVELOPED PROSPECTS. THE AREA COVERED BY FLOAT AT THE LARGER DEPOSIT IS 125,000 SQ FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references