| Deposit ID | 10014849 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011904 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Scholle District |
| Alternate or previous names | Mine and Claim Names: Pritchard, Jackrabbit, Blue Jay, Piedmont, Star, Robinson, Doyle, Rambling, Loraine, Hawkeye, Blue Star, Copper Girl, Abo, Gabaldon, Pioneer, Rattlesnake 1-4, Scholle, Scholle-1, Thelma, Thomas and Melbourn, Mccandless |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.40475, 34.42397 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1801 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 31.2 MILES S 41 W OF ESTANCIA, NM. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Torrance(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Scholle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Socorro(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Grande-Albuquerque(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Torrance |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 002N;003N | 005E;005E | 03;21,22,28,27,33 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Torbernite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Abo Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Abo | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -106.40475, 34.42397 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | FLAT-LYING |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1905 |
| Year of first production | 1915 |
| Year of last production | 1961 |
| District name | Scholle District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011904 |
LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., GORDON, C.H., 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 77
LAPOINT, D.J., 1979, PH. D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
HATCHELL, W.O., BLAGBROUGH, J.W., AND HILL, J.M., 1982, NMCS GUIDEBOOK, 33RD FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 249-260
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1984, NMBMMR OFR-192, P. 13-24
SOULE, J.H., 1956, USBM IC 7740, P. 57-61.
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
MCLEMORE, V.T., 1984, NMBMMR OFR-192, P. 52
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MOST OF THE DEPOSITS IN THE SCHOLLE DISTRICT ARE SIMILAR. THE ORE IS ASSOCIATED WITH CARBONACEOUS DEBRIS IN FLAT-LYING (2 TO 3 DEGREE) SANDSTONE, SILISTONE AND CONGLOMERATES. MINERALIZATION IS IRREGULAR AND CONCENTRATIONS ARE SCATTERED. ORE BEDS ARE SMALL BUT OFTEN HIGH-GRADE. COPPER GRADES RANGE FROM 0.58 TO 5.72 PERCENT COPPER (SOULE, 1956, P.61). THE URANIUM USUALLY OCCURS IN CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH COPPER MINERALIZATION, BUT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF RADIOACTIVITY DO NOT NECESSARILY CORRESPOND TO THE RICHEST COPPER CONCENTRATIONS. THE URANIUM OCCURS IN SMALL PODS THAT HAVE BEEN UNECONOMIC TO MINE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1984 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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