Bighorn Prospect

Prospect in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Lead
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150187
MRDS ID TC36289
MAS/MILS ID 0350130048
Record type Site
Current site name Bighorn Prospect
Related records 10062739

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.49306, 32.49293 (WGS84)
Elevation 1555
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Sands(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 021 S 004 E 12 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.49306, 32.49293

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Buergo And J F Shipe
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1935

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUNHAM K C 1935 NMBM BULL 11 P263

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 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.

External references