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Spur Adit

Occurrence in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014966
MRDS ID DAV0063
Record type Site
Current site name Spur Adit
Related records 10174632

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.78777, 33.47011 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nogal Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ruidoso(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roswell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Hondo(hydrologic unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Pecos(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lincoln National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

White Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
10S 11E 3 NEAR CENTER New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • BLM ROSWELL RESOURCE AREALOCATION OF ADIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritization And Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Sierra Blanca
    Rock description Sierra Blanca

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.78777, 33.47011
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lincoln County Porphyry Belt

Ore body information

  • General form HYDROTHERMAL VEIN
    Thickness 0.71M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture

Comments on the geologic information

  • RADIOACTIVE VEIN IN VOLCANICS; 3 TIMES BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nogal

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Blm Roswell Resource Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • A CHIP SAMPLE OF THE VEIN ASSAYED 2.8% PB, 2.9% ZN, 0.055% MO, AND 1.38 OZ/ST AG. NO AU OR CU WAS DETECTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THOMPSON, T.B., 1973, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 123. MCLEMORE, V.T., 1981, NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 155, 267 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 TIMES BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1992 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

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