Emma and Surprise

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014606
MRDS ID D011450
Record type Site
Current site name Emma and Surprise

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.35062, 32.61679 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Signal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(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 25,36 SW4 (25); NW4 (36) New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Gila Group, Formation, or Conglomerate

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • COPPER MINERAL ALSO PRESENT IN TERT CONGLOMERATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Burro Mnts. District, Tyrone Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1960
    Description Ap_Grade: ^7.3% Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Copper Copper 7wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

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.