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Greenrock

Past Producer in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Tungsten, Lead, Copper, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014658
MRDS ID D011533
Record type Site
Current site name Greenrock

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.51312, 32.70428 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullard Peak(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
018S 016W 29,32 SE4 (29); NE4 (32) New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.51312, 32.70428
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description W Bearing Dikes Trend N60w, And N45e

Controls for ore emplacement

  • W Occurs In Grains And Xtals Along Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DALE V.B., AND MCKINNEY, W.A., 1959, US BUREAU OF MINES INVESTIGATIONS 5517, P. 9

  • Deposit

    GILLERMAN, E., 1964, NMBMMR BULL. 83, P. 140

  • Deposit

    HEWITT, C.H., 1959, NMBMMR BULL. 60, P.112

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Seanor, Clint. E. (Worl, Ron) U.S. Geological Survey

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