Green Peak Deposit

Occurrence in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Mica, Copper, Uranium
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014274
MRDS ID D010977
Record type Site
Current site name Green Peak Deposit
Alternate or previous names Rancho Aaa, Parker, Wilmeth, Washburn, Kiawa Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.07475, 36.58865 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 28.8 MILES S 16 E OF TIERRA AMARILLA, NM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Las Tablas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Carson National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Rio Arriba

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 027N 008E 10 NE OF NE (10); NE OF SE (10) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION ACCURATE FOR ADIT LOCATED ON JAHN'S (1946) MAP. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1979

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Copper Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MONAZITE ASSAYED 0.01% U308, 3.00% CU

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismutite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Monazite Ore
Muscovite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Ortega Quartzite
    Rock description Ortega Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.07475, 36.58865

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER DIKE (HORSESHOE SHAPED)
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 76.2M
    Width 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE PETACA SCHIST MEMBER OF THE ORTEGA QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885

Mining district

District name Petaca District: Kiawa Group

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE SEVERAL PITS AND TRENCHES ON THE SURFACE AND AN 8 FT BY 8 FT SHAFT WAS SUNK TO THE ADIT LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • OWNERSHIP UNKNOWN. MAY BE PART OF THE KIAWA CLAIM GROUP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JUST, E., 1937, NMBMMR BULL. NO. 13, P. 67-68

  • Deposit

    JAHNS, R.H., 1946, NMBMMR BULL NO. 25, P. 105

  • Deposit

    REDMON, D.E., 1961, USBM IC 8013, P.7

  • Deposit

    WOODWARD, L.A., 1974, NMGS, GUIDEBOOK, 25TH FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 127

  • Deposit

    MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR OF-183, APPENDIX 1

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    BINGLER, E.C., 1968, NMBMMR BULL 91, P. 118-121

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS A HORSESHOE SHAPED DIKE. THE NORTH LIMB TRENDS DUE WEST AND DIPS STEEPLY NORTH. THE SOUTH LIMB TRENDS N 85 W AND DIPS STEEPLY NORTH. THE LIMBS ARE 40 TO 50 FT APART.
Deposit SEE ALSO: KIAWA GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Murray, Diane New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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