Buckhorn

Past Producer in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10126151
MAS/MILS ID 0350390043
Record type Site
Current site name Buckhorn

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.23749, 36.70173 (WGS84)
Elevation 3048
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Rio Arriba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.23749, 36.70173

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1935, U.S. DEPT. INTERIOR

  • Deposit

    BINGLER E.C. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF REIO ARRIBA

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL.91 1968 P 78, 82

  • Deposit

    BENJOVSKY T.D. RECONNAISSANCE, HEADSTONE NMBM CIRC. 11

  • Deposit

    1945 P 4, 7, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN ET AL ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO USGS P.P. 68

  • Deposit

    1910 P 128, 130

  • Deposit

    JONES F.A. NEW NEXICO MINES AND MINERALS SANTA FE 1904

  • Deposit

    P. 166

  • Deposit

    STORMS W.R. USBM SUPP. RPT. NO 30 JUNE 1947

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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