| Deposit ID | 10014005 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010602 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | By Chance Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Claims, Bonanza, By Chance, Butterfly, Buckeye, Stockes, Maude S., Gold Dust, Bear |
| Related records | 10271602 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.10805, 32.42735 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1402 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 33.75 MILES S15W OF ALAMOGORDO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Otero(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Orogrande North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande Closed Basins(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Otero |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 021S | 008E | 34 | SE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Gobbler Formation |
| Rock description | Gobbler Formation |
| (1) | -106.10805, 32.42735 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N30W |
| Dip | 20 TO 35NE |
| Thickness | 6.1M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1950 |
| Year of last production | 1960 |
| District name | Orogrande District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Russell Williams |
| Home office | El Paso, Tx. |
| First year | 1960 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | R. I. F. Mining Co. |
| Home office | El Paso, Tx. |
| First year | 1960 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 182.88M |
| Overall depth | 53.34M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010602 |
ANDERSON, E.C., 1957 NMBMMR BULL 39, P. 101-102
SCHMIDT, P.G., AND CRADDOCK, C., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 82, PLATE 1
BEANE, R.E., JARAMILLO, L.E., AND BLOOM, M.S., 1975 NMGS GUIDEBOOK 26TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 151-156
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | EIGHT UNPATENTED CLAIMS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1983 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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