Tenderfoot Creek Prospects

Prospect in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10127279
MAS/MILS ID 0350550220
Record type Site
Current site name Tenderfoot Creek Prospects
Alternate or previous names Victor No. 2 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -105.44276, 36.70444 (WGS84)
Elevation 2927
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taos(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red River(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rio Grande(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 Taos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 028 N 014 E 03 NWNW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -105.44276, 36.70444

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Higgins
    Home office New Mexico

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ORE INCLUDES TRACE OF AU.

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING J H 1960 NMBM BULL 71 P 75

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P. 87

  • Deposit

    REED. E. F.; RED RIVER MIN. DIST. OF N. M., COLO. SCH. OF

  • Deposit

    MINES M. S. THESIS, 1922, P. 21-22

  • Deposit

    KELLY, R. P.; RED RIVER, N. M. MINER AND PROSPECTOR, VOL.

  • Deposit

    13, NO. 9, P. 9, SEPT. 1951

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR CIRC. 18, P. 31

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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