| Deposit ID | 10009207 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001950 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bert Hoover Lode No. 1 |
| Alternate or previous names | Mine: Santo Nino, Romero, Hoover, Claims: Santo Nino No. 1-10 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.40723, 35.73589 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2633 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | ABOUT 15.2 MILES N 48 W OF LAS VEGAS, NM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Miguel(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
El Porvenir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Santa Fe(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Pecos Headwaters(hydrologic unit)
Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Santa Fe National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
Pecos Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | San Miguel |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 017N;017N;018N;018N | 014E;015E;014E;015E | 01;06;36;31 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bismuthinite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Malachite | Gangue |
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Orthoclase | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | -105.40723, 35.73589 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Hermit Peak Thrust Fault |
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|---|
| Width | 2.44M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1950 |
| Discoverer | Margarito Romero, Las,Vegas, Nm. |
| Year of first production | 1914 |
| Year of last production | 1916 |
| District name | El Porvenir District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | M. A. Romero, Eulogio Duran, J. L. Lopez, Charles And James Lujan |
| Home office | Las Vegas, Nm. |
| First year | 1946 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 243.84M |
| Overall depth | 88.39M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001950 |
COOPER, J. R., 1962, BISMUTH OF U.S.: USGS MR - 22
BUSH, F.V., 1915, "THE ROMERO MOLYBDENUM MINE", MIN. AND SCI. PRESS, V. 110, P. 354
HORNTON, F.W., 1916, USBM BULL 111, P. 78
HARLEY, G.T., 1940, NMBMMR BULL 15, P. 56-57
SCHILLING, J.H., 1965, NMBMMR BULL 76, P. 43
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MOLYBDENITE, CHALCOPYRITE, SCHEELITE AND BISMUTHINITE OCCUR TOGETHER AS SMALL, SCATTERED POCKETS IN A WHITE, COARSE GRAINED PEGMATIC QUARTZ VEIN STRIKING N 60 E. THE VEIN CUTS PINK, COARSE-GRAINED GRANITE (OR QUARTZ MONZONITE AND CONTAINS SOME ORTHOCLASE, MUSCOVITE, AND FLUORITE. ABUNDANT BROWN LIMONITE AND CANARY-YELLOW FERROMOLYBDITE AND SOME MALACHITE AND AZURITE ARE PRESENT AT THE SURFACE. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1900'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-75 | Miller, M. H. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-84 | Murray, Diane | U.S. Geological Survey |
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