| Deposit ID | 10010003 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003340 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | North and South Pegmatite Deposits |
| Alternate or previous names | South and North Pegmatite Deposits |
| Related records | 10272079 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.50812, 32.45512 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2042 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 26 MILES S 31 W OF SILVER CITY. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 021S | 016W | 29 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| REE Critical | Primary |
| Thorium | Secondary |
| Uranium | Secondary |
| Tantalum Critical | Secondary |
| Niobium (Columbium) Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Euxenite | Ore |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Mica | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| (1) | -108.50812, 32.45512 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Pegmatites Occur Along A N 40 W Trending Alignment And Elongation Of The Individual Pegmatites Is Parallel Or Subparallel To The Trend Of The Alignment. |
| General form | LENSE |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Gold Hill District: Southern Burro Mountains |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cherry Mining Co. |
| Home office | Texas |
| First year | 1956 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Fred L. Cherry |
| Home office | Silver City, N.M. |
| First year | 1956 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 6.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003340 |
HEDLUND, D., UNPUBLISHED U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOL. MAPS
HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1035
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSITS OCCUR IN ZONED PEGMATITES TRENDING N 40 W. |
| 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 |
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