Hermosa Mountain Prospect

Prospect in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Copper
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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097383
MRDS ID TC39332
Record type Site
Current site name Hermosa Mountain Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.09728, 32.84761 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 1.05 MI N81W OF FIERRO

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S 012W 9 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ON NE SPUR FROM NE SIDE OF HERMOSA MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Hanover-Fierro Stock
    Rock description Hanover-Fierro Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Colorado Formation
    Rock description Colorado Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.09728, 32.84761

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 30.48M
    Depth to top 45.72M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ADJACENT TO LCRET CONTINENTAL BRECCIA BODY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1993
Discoverer Cobre Mining Co.

Mining district

District name Fierro-Hanover (Central)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cobre Mining Co.
    First year 1992

Comments on development

  • SUPERGENE CHALCOCITE MINERALIZATION CUT BY ONE DRILL HOLE IN 1994. DEPOSIT HAS YET TO BE DELINEATED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILLESLAND, L.L., ET AL, 1994, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE CONTINENTAL MINE, GRANT COUNTY, NM: COBRE MINING CO., UNPUBLISHED PAPER, 22 P.

  • Deposit

    FIELD VISIT 10/94 BY KEITH R, LONG, USGS.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-NOV-1994 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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