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Petaluma Group

Occurrence in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Gold
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  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011610
MRDS ID D006642
Record type Site
Current site name Petaluma Group
Related records 10224193

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.52032, 32.96622 (WGS84)
Elevation 1649
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 20 MILES S 53 W OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hillsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caballo(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)

Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 015S 007W 36 NW New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF GRAYBACK GULCH AND NORTHWEST OF THE CHANCE MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Upper Santa Fe Group
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Is Associated With The Copper Flat Monzonite Porphyry.

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Rose Along Faults And Localized In Fractures.

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOR REGIONAL GEOLOGY SEE HILLSBORO DISTRICT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hillsboro District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. P. Baumann

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.018HA
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED IN 1934 CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARLEY, G.T., 1934 NMBMMR BULL 10, P. 159

  • Deposit

    HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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