| Deposit ID | 60000399 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D012101 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Burro Mountains District |
| Alternate or previous names | Bald Mountain, Big Burro Mountain, Burro Mountain, Burro Mountain-Gold Gulch, Burro Peak, California Gulch, Cow Spring, Cow Springs, Iron Gulch, Leopold, Little Burro Mountains, Oak Grove, Oak Grove Camp, Paschal, Redrock Canyon, St. Louis Canyon, Sulphuret City, Tyrone, West Burro Mountains |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.37282, 32.64042 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | LOCATION IS FOR THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE TYRONE OPEN-PIT MINE. ADDITIONAL MINES ARE LOCATED ON THE BURRO MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE (1/24000). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979 |
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)
Mimbres(hydrologic unit)
Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Manganese Critical | Secondary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| (1) | -108.37282, 32.64042 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure name | FAULTING |
| Structure description | MAJOR FAULTS AND FRACTURE ZONES, DIKES, PLUGS |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Discovery year | 1871 |
| Discoverer | Robert And John Metcalf |
| Year of first production | 1879 |
| Year of last production | 1984 |
| District name | BURRO MOUNTAINS DISTRICT |
|---|
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 321-324
PAIGE, S., 1922, USGS PP 122, 53 PAGES
GILLERMAN, E., 1952, USGS BULL 973-F, P. 261-289
ANDERSON, E.C., 1957, NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 45-48
GILLERMAN, E., 1964, NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 41-56
WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, USBM IC-8307, P. 64
GILLERMAN, E., 1970, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 21ST FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 115-122
HEDLUND, D.C., 1978, USGS MAPS MF-1031, MF-1037, MF-1040, AND MF-1041
KOLESSAR, J., 1982, THE TYRONE COPPER DEPOSIT, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, IN TITLEY, S.R., ED., ADVANCES IN GEOLOGY OF THE PORPHYRY COPPER DEPOSITS, SOUTHWESTERN NORTH AMERICA, UNIV. OF ARIZ. PRESS, TUCSON, P. 327-353
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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