| Deposit ID | 10097383 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC39332 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hermosa Mountain Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.09728, 32.84761 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2195 |
| Relative position | 1.05 MI N81W OF FIERRO |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Santa Rita Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Mimbres(hydrologic unit)
Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 017S | 012W | 9 | NW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Model code | 53 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 17 |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Cu |
| Mark3 model number | 4 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Hanover-Fierro Stock | ||||||||
| Rock description | Hanover-Fierro Stock | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Colorado Formation |
| Rock description | Colorado Formation |
| (1) | -108.09728, 32.84761 |
|---|
| General form | BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 30.48M |
| Depth to top | 45.72M |
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1993 |
| Discoverer | Cobre Mining Co. |
| District name | Fierro-Hanover (Central) |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cobre Mining Co. |
| First year | 1992 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC39332 |
HILLESLAND, L.L., ET AL, 1994, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE CONTINENTAL MINE, GRANT COUNTY, NM: COBRE MINING CO., UNPUBLISHED PAPER, 22 P.
FIELD VISIT 10/94 BY KEITH R, LONG, USGS.
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ONE DRILL HOLE INTERCEPT CUT ABOUT 100 FT SUPERGENE CHALCOCITE MINERALIZATION AT ABOUT 150 FT DEPTH. |
| Deposit | PART OF CONTINENTAL MINE PROPERTY NW OF CONTINENTAL PIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 08-NOV-1994 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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