| Deposit ID | 10014061 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010679 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bon Group Molybdenum Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.81611, 33.39594 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3414 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 17.5 MILES S12E OF CARRIZOZO. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lincoln(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Nogal Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ruidoso(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Roswell(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
Lincoln National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
White Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Lincoln |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 010S | 011E | 32 | E2 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Molybdenum | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | TWO SAMPLES OF THE GOSSAN CONTAINED 360 PPM AND 150 PPM MO. |
|---|
| Model code | 80 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 21b |
| Deposit model name | Porphyry Mo, low-F |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Three Rivers Stock | ||||||
| Rock description | Three Rivers Stock | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite |
| (1) | -105.81611, 33.39594 |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Nogal District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Bear Creek Mining Co. |
| First year | 1964 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010679 |
SEGERSTROM, K., STOTELMEYER, R.B., AND WILLIAMS, F.E., 1979 USGS BULL 1453, P. 100-102 PLATES 1 AND
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE BON GROUP OF SEVERAL HUNDRED CLAIMS COVERS AN AREA OF WIDESPREAD ALTERATION THAT MAY HAVE A POTENTIAL FOR THE DISCOVERY OF A DISSEMINATED PORPHYRY MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT. A SINGLE PIT WAS EXCAVATED IN A GOSSAN OF BOXWORK LIMONITE THAT CONTAINS FISTSIZED PIECES OF PYRITE OCCURRING IN CRYSTALLINE AGGREGATIONS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-83 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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