Rialto Molybdenum Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014072
MRDS ID D010693
Record type Site
Current site name Rialto Molybdenum Prospect
Alternate or previous names Fulmer Tunnel, Rialto Group
Related records 10271814

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.78333, 33.49539 (WGS84)
Elevation 2652
Relative position ABOUT 11.75 MILES S 29 E OF CARRIZOZO, EAST SIDE OF NOGAL PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nogal Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruidoso(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Hondo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lincoln National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 009S 011E 27 SE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE PORTAL OF THE FULMER TUNNEL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Turquoise Ore
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericitization, Kaolinization, Pyritization.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 80
USGS model code 21b
Deposit model name Porphyry Mo, low-F

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Rialto Stock
    Rock description Rialto Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.78333, 33.49539

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Localized In Highly Brecciated Monzonite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1894
Discoverer M.D. Gaylord

Mining district

District name Nogal District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rialto Exploration And Development Co., Inc.
    Home office Nogal, N.M.
    First year 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 165.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1973 CONSISTED OF THE FULMER TUNNEL WHICH IS 392 FT. IN LENGTH AND THE UPPER ADIT WHICH IS 150 FT. IN LENGTH.

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER 542 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., 1959 NMBMMR BULL 67, P. 57-61

  • Deposit

    GRISWOLD, G.B., AND MISSAGHI, F., 1964 NMBMMR CRIC 67, 24 PAGES

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, T.B., AND NMBMMR CIRC 123, P. 10-12, FIGURES 2 AND 8

  • Deposit

    SEGERSTROM, K., STOTELMEYER, R.B., AND WILLIAMS, F.E., 1979 USGS BULL 1453, P. 49-50

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    1957 DIREXPL AMA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF DISSEMINATED MINERALIZATION AND CLOSELY SPACEDMINERALIZED FRACTURES IN AND ADJACENT TO AN IRREGULARLY SHAPED BRECCIA PIPE. 39 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Deposit RECORD # D000579 BY ROBERT U. KING HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THIS RECORD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-AUG-74 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-90 Bolm, Karen S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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