Buckhorn, Little Wonder Adit

Past Producer in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174732
MRDS ID D010063
MAS/MILS ID 0350270068
Record type Site
Current site name Buckhorn, Little Wonder Adit
Alternate or previous names Buckhorn
Related records 10013651

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.73055, 34.21149 (WGS84)
Elevation 2365
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rough Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corona(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Sumner(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gallo Arroyo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 001 S 012 E 19 SWNW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.73055, 34.21149

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881
Year of first production 1951

Mining district

District name Red Cloud/Galli

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD G B 1959 NMBM BULL 67 PLATE 8

  • Deposit

    ROTHROCK H E ET AL 1946 NMBM BULL 21 P111

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Scheiner, Bernard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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