Tecolote Iron District

Occurrence in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 60000952
MRDS ID M045547
Record type District
Current site name Tecolote Iron District
Related records 10126379

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.69525, 34.06199 (WGS84)
Relative position TOPO MAP SHOWS TWO PROSPECTS IN SEC. 32 AND ONE MINE IN SEC. 9. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MINE SYMBOL SHOWN IN SEC. 9.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tecolote Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corona(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fort Sumner(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.69525, 34.06199

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description PROMINENT FAULTING IN COUNTRY ROCK

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name TECOLOTE IRON DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORTHROP, S.A., 1959, MINERALS OF NEW MEXICO, REVISED EDITION: ALBUQUERQUE, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS, 404 P.

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910, THE ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 68, P. 116-117.

Beyond USGS

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