| Deposit ID | 10105276 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | TC36211 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Memphis Mine |
| Related records | 10125821 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.59224, 32.43124 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 2000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Dona Ana(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Organ(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Jornada Draw(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Caballo(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 | Dona Ana |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 21S | 03E | 36 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Bismuth Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Hemimorphite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Rock unit name | Sugarloaf Peak |
| Rock description | Sugarloaf Peak |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Lead Camp Limestone |
| Rock description | Lead Camp Limestone |
| (1) | -106.59224, 32.43124 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Torpedo-Bennett Fault Zone. |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1982 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | TC36211 |
SEAGER (1981).
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE CONTAINED IN FOUR HORIZONS SEPARATED BY TACTITE OR MARBLE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-NOV-1992 | Page, Norman J. (Sutphin, D.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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