| Deposit ID | 10014766 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011694 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Treasure Vault Shaft |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.07978, 32.79594 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Santa Rita Mine(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 017S | 012W | 27 | SW4 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Iron | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Santa Rita Stock | ||||||||
| Rock description | Santa Rita Stock | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Magdalena Group |
| Rock description | Magdalena Group |
| (1) | -108.07978, 32.79594 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Santa Rita District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011694 |
JONES, W. R., AND HERNON, R. M., 1973, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, NATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE PB 214, 371, P. 3
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REPLACEMENT OF PENNSYLVANIAN MAGDALENA GROUP LIMESTONES ALONG THE NORTHWEST MARGIN OF THE SANTA RITA STOCK. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1984 | Seanor, Clint E. (Worl, Ron) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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