East Dagger Flat Prospect

Occurrence in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062674
MRDS ID TC36213
Record type Site
Current site name East Dagger Flat Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.75613, 32.38069 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dona Ana(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

El Paso-Las Cruces(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 21S 02E 20 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • JUST OUTSIDE OF THE DONA ANA BEND COLONY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Cleofas Andesite
    Rock description Cleofas Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.75613, 32.38069

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EXPLORATION DID NOT FIND ANY PRIMARY MINERALIZATION.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, 25 AND 50 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SEAGER, W.R., KOTTLOWSKI, F.E., AND HAWLEY, J.W., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE DONA ANA MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES CIRCULAR 147, 36 P

  • Reserve-Resource

    SEAGER AND OTHERS (1976).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. (Sutphin, D.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.