| Deposit ID | 10010054 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003427 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Golden Cross Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Gold Bullion Claim |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.53173, 32.45679 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1905 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 27 MILES S 34 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 | 30 | NW | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| 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 | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Bullard Peak Series |
| Rock description | Bullard Peak Series |
| (1) | -108.53173, 32.45679 |
|---|
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 45 TO 55 E |
| Dip | 60 TO 80 SE |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Gold Hill District: Southern Burro Mountains |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003427 |
GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 122
HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1035
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE GOLDEN CROSS MINE IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO AND NORTHEAST OF THE RESERVATION MINE, AND IS PROBABLY LOCATED ON THE BOLD BULLION CLAIM DESCRIBED BY GILLERMAN, E., 1964, P. 122. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 4 OTHER SRC |
| 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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