Mont Alto

Unknown in Otero county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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 10175152
MAS/MILS ID 0350350095
Record type Site
Current site name Mont Alto

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -106.10945, 32.40263 (WGS84)
Elevation 1351
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Otero(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orogrande North(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Otero

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022 S 008 E 10 SWNWSE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -106.10945, 32.40263

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Copper Hills Mine Co
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1913

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PATENTED MS 1498 INCLUDES COPPER HILL

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MINES INDEX

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.