Foxtail Creek

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014610
MRDS ID D011458
Record type Site
Current site name Foxtail Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.64507, 32.78067 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brushy 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)

Federal lands

Gila 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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
017S 017W 31 SW4 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

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 Telegraph District, Red Rock Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FINNEL, T.L., USGS UNPUBLISHED DATA, 1976-1980

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SMALL VEINS NEAR MAJOR FAULTS (E-W) THAT JUXTAPOSE TERTIARY VOLCANICS AGAINST CRETACEOUS ROCKS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-84 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.