Highline Prospect

Prospect in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Copper
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 10247929
MAS/MILS ID 0350550090
Record type Site
Current site name Highline Prospect
Alternate or previous names Bull of the Woods Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.42636, 36.60194 (WGS84)
Elevation 3537
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taos(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wheeler Peak(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 027 N 014 E 02 C W2W2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.42636, 36.60194

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 Taos Uranium And Exploration Co
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1957

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CU OXIDE & SILICATE MINERALS PRESENT

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING J H 1960 NMBM BULL 71 P95-96

  • Deposit

    HOWARD, E. VIET; METALLIFEROUS OCCURRENCES IN N. M., STATE

  • Deposit

    PLANNING OFFICE, SANTA FE, N. M., 1967, P. 215

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR CIRC. 18, P. 22

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MINES FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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.