| Deposit ID | 10097878 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010911 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Croesus Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Claim Patented In 1890, Creasus |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.24392, 36.70059 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2957 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 17 MILES DUE EAST OF TIERRA AMARILLA. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Rio Arriba(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Burned Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Chama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)
Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Carson National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Rio Arriba |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 029N | 007E | 31 | S2 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Result | SIXTEEN CHIP, CHANNEL, AND GRAB SAMPLES REPORTED IN NMBMMR BULL 91 CONTAINED AN AVERAGE OF 2.05 OZ AU/TON AND 2.00 OZ AG/TON. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||
| Rock unit name | Moppin Metavolcanic Series | ||||
| Rock description | Moppin Metavolcanic Series | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -106.24392, 36.70059 |
|---|
| General form | LENSE |
|---|---|
| Strike | NORTHWEST |
| Dip | STEEPLY NORTHEAST |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1881 |
| Discoverer | George T. Hope And Lord Sterling |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| Year of last production | 1935 |
| District name | Hopewell District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Amarillo Gold Mining Co. |
| First year | 1935 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | R. C. Little |
| First year | 1947 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 182.88M |
| Overall depth | 24.38M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010911 |
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 129
BINGLER, E.C., 1968 NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 71-80
BENJOVSKY, T.D., 1945 NMBMMR CIRC 11, 10 PAGES
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF QUARTZ VEINS AND SHEAR ZONES CONTAINING DISSEMINATED MINERALIZATION. ONE PATENTED CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 526 COVERING 10.17 ACRES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1983 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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