| Deposit ID | 10271695 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011454 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0350170057 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Burro Chief Mine |
| Related records | 10090965 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.37232, 32.64982 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1822 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Tyrone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)
Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 019 S | 015 W | 15 | C SWSE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Chrysocolla | Unknown |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Halloysite | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Sericite | Unknown |
| Turquoise | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -108.37232, 32.64982 |
|---|
| Strike | N25E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 75E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 10M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 100M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 220M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 20HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1880 |
| District name | Tyrone |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0350170057 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011454 | MAS references MRDS |
US BUR MINES PUB 8307 P 64
US GEOL SUR BULL 973F P 272 275
NM BUR MINES MIN RES BULL 21 P 69 71
NM BUR MINES MIN RES BULL 83 P 52 53
MCANULTY,W.N. UTEP GRANT G0254013
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Mcanulty | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.