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Mudpuppy-Waterdog Prospect

Occurrence in Lincoln county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Tellurium
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015010
MRDS ID DAV0121
Record type Site
Current site name Mudpuppy-Waterdog Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.74166, 33.48261 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Angus(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
9S;10S 12 25,26,35,36;1,2 New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Propyllitic-Argillic-Phyllic

Analytical data

Result SURFACE GEOCHEMISTRY SHOWS HIGH VALUES OF 222 PPB AU, 0.60% CU, AND 3.2 PPM TE.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 84
USGS model code 22b
Deposit model name Alkaline Au-Te (Au-Ag-Te veins)
Mark3 model number 80

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock unit name Bonito Lake Stock
    Rock description Bonito Lake Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.74166, 33.48261
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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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation, Fracturing

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAPPING HAS DELINEATED CONCENTRIC ZONES OF ALTERATION FROM PROPYLITIZED ANDESITE AND SYENITE (ON THE MARGINS OF THE HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM), TO ARGILLIC AND PHYLLIC HALOS.

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 405.08M

Comments on the workings information

  • LIMITED SHALLOW DRILLING INDICATES INCREASED CU-AU VALUES AT DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FULP AND WOODWARD ,1991, NEW MEXICO GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK, 42D FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 327-328

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A ZONE OF INTENSE ALTERATION AND NNE-TRANDING FRACTURES IS SEEN. FULP AND WOODWARD (1991) PROPOSE THAT SILICA-LIMONITE BRECCIAS ARE ABOVE A LARGE-TONNAGE CU-AU PORPHYRY SYSTEM.

Reporter information

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

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