Crescent Prospect

Occurrence in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009994
MRDS ID D003327
Record type Site
Current site name Crescent Prospect
Alternate or previous names Homestead Prospect
Related records 10247149

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.53173, 32.42679 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position ABOUT 28.5 MILES S 32 W OF SILVER CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lordsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas Valley(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila 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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 022S 016W 06 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION AS SHOWN ON USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1035.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.53173, 32.42679

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 50 W
    Dip 45 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Localized Along A Northwest Trending Fracture.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gold Hill District: Southern Burro Mountains

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN INCLINED SHAFT AND SEVERAL SMALL PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-78 Lawrence, V. A. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-JUL-82 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references