Bon Group Molybdenum Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014061
MRDS ID D010679
Record type Site
Current site name Bon Group Molybdenum Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.81611, 33.39594 (WGS84)
Elevation 3414
Relative position ABOUT 17.5 MILES S12E OF CARRIZOZO.

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010S 011E 32 E2 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ACCURATE LOCATION IS FOR THE MAIN PROSPECT PIT. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYTICAL DATA FROM USGS BULL 1453, P. 101.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result TWO SAMPLES OF THE GOSSAN CONTAINED 360 PPM AND 150 PPM MO.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 80
USGS model code 21b
Deposit model name Porphyry Mo, low-F

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock unit name Three Rivers Stock
    Rock description Three Rivers Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.81611, 33.39594

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nogal District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bear Creek Mining Co.
    First year 1964

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SEGERSTROM, K., STOTELMEYER, R.B., AND WILLIAMS, F.E., 1979 USGS BULL 1453, P. 100-102 PLATES 1 AND

General comments

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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-83 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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