| Deposit ID | 10013287 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009507 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Floyd Collins Claim |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.39034, 32.54512 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1882 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 17 MILES S 22 W OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Burro Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Mimbres(hydrologic unit)
Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 020S | 015W | 21,22 | CENTER OF E2 (21); CENTER OF W2 (22) | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Torbernite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase |
| (1) | Mesoproterozoic granitic plutonic rocks |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Faults And Diabase Dikes Strike N 20 W Near The Mine. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1925 |
| Year of last production | 1954 |
| District name | White Signal District: Southern Burro Mountains |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Atrimas Mining Co.. |
| Home office | Silver City, N.M. |
| First year | 1954 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Leach, A. A. |
| Home office | Lordsburg, N.M. |
| First year | 1960 |
| Year | 1954 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^Ore Grade 0.15% U308 | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009507 |
GILLERMAN, E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 91-93, PLATE 7
HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1040
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS NUMEROUS VEINLETS AND FRACTURE FILLINGS IN HIGHLY FRACTURED, ALTERED DIABASE. ONE CLAIM MINERAL SURVEY NUMBER 2169. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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