| Deposit ID | 60001710 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W016590 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Sierra Caballos District |
| Alternate or previous names | Caballo Mountains District, Palomas Gap, Humboldt Camp, Cutter-Engle Area |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.21729, 32.91681 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | LATITUDE-LONGITUDE LOCATION IS APPROXIMATELY THE CENTER OF THE MOUNTAIN RANGE. LAND STATUS IS PREDOMINATELY BLM ADMINISTERED AND STATE LANDS ARE THE SECOND LARGEST GROUP. DRAINAGE AREA CODES ALSO INCLUDE 13030102 AND 13030103. THE CABALLO MOUNTAINS ARE ABOUT 30 MILES LONG TRENDING NORTH-SOUTH, FROM 6 TO 11 MILES WIDE, AND COVER ABOUT 165 SQUARE MILES. ELEVATIONS RANGE FROM 4000 FT. TO 7500 FT.. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sierra(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Apache Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Sierra |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Fluorine-Fluorite Critical | Primary |
| Manganese Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Vanadium Critical | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Barium-Barite Critical | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| (1) | -107.21729, 32.91681 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | THE CABALLO MOUNTAINS ARE COMPOSED OF ELONGATE, TILTED FAULT-BLOCKS TRENDING NORTH-SOUTH AND GENERALLY DIPPING EAST. LARGE DISPLACEMENT FAULT ZONES WHICH ARE CONTINUOUS FOR GREAT DISTANCES HAVE FORMED A FEW LONG, NARROW BLOCKS AND EACH BLOCK HAS BEEN LOWERED RELATIVE TO THE ONE WEST OF IT. THE WESTERN FACE OF THE MOUNTAIN FORMS PART OF THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE RIO GRANDE RIFT. NUMEROUS FRACTURES AND SMALL DISPLACEMENT, DISCONTINUOUS FAULTS TREND EAST-WEST TO NORTHWEST. |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| District name | SIERRA CABALLOS DISTRICT |
|---|---|
| District name | CABALLO MOUNTAINS DISTRICT |
LINGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 284-285
HARLEY, G.T., 1934, NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 197-201
SILVER, C., 1955 NMGS 6TH FIELD CONFERENCE P.146-154
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