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National Copper Company

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Copper
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014599
MRDS ID D011442
Record type Site
Current site name National Copper Company
Related records 10272221

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.42145, 32.65429 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wind Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gila-Mangas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
019S 015W 17,18 SW4 (17) OF SE4 (18) New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.42145, 32.65429
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Burro Mnt. District, Tyrone Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E. 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, 213 P.

  • Deposit

    PAIGE, S., 1911, USGS BULL 470-C, P. 131-150

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE SHEAR ZONE TRENDING NE, EXTENTION OF AUSTIN-AMAZON FAULT ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1984 Davies, Robert C. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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