Burro Mountains District

Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Manganese, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

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

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

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Commodities

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

Alteration

  • (Local) HYDROTHERMAL

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.37282, 32.64042

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description MAJOR FAULTS AND FRACTURE ZONES, DIKES, PLUGS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1871
Discoverer Robert And John Metcalf
Year of first production 1879
Year of last production 1984

Mining district

District name BURRO MOUNTAINS DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 321-324

  • Deposit

    PAIGE, S., 1922, USGS PP 122, 53 PAGES

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1952, USGS BULL 973-F, P. 261-289

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, E.C., 1957, NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 45-48

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964, NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 41-56

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, F.E., 1966, USBM IC-8307, P. 64

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1970, NMGS GUIDEBOOK, 21ST FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 115-122

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1978, USGS MAPS MF-1031, MF-1037, MF-1040, AND MF-1041

  • Deposit

    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

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.