| Deposit ID | 60000189 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D000053 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Hansonburg District |
| Alternate or previous names | Carthage District, Bursums District, Sierra Oscura |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.37057, 33.8329 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 5000(meters) |
| Relative position | GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATIONS ARE FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE DISTRICT., WITHIN A RADIUS OF 1.5 MILES. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Socorro(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Garden Spring Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Oscura Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Jornada Del Muerto(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Socorro |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| (1) | Pennsylvanian rocks, undivided |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure name | FAULTING |
| Structure description | HANSONBURG DISTRICT IS LOCATED ALONG A MAJOR FAULT ZONE WHICH FORMS THE WEST-FACING ESCARPMENT OF THE NORTHERN OSCURA MOUNTAINS. THE FAULT ZONE TRENDS NORTH-SOUTH BUT IS PROGRESSIVELY OFFSET TO THE EAST BY SMALLER TRANSVERSE FAULTS. |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Discovery year | 1870 |
| Discoverer | Pat Higgans |
| Year of first production | 1901 |
| District name | HANSONBURG DISTRICT |
|---|---|
| District name | CARTHAGE DISTRICT |
| District name | BURSUMS DISTRICT |
JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 103-104
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 203-205
LASKY, S.G., 1932 NMBMMR BULL 8, P. 63-73
LASKY, S.G., AND WOOTEN, T.P., 1933 NMBMMR BULL 7, P. 108-109
KOPICKI, R.J., 1962, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE HANSONBURG DISTRICT, BINGHAM, N.M., M.S. THESIS, NMIMT, 103 PAGES
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