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Copper Bullion and Cobre Grande Claims

Occurrence in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. 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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062740
MRDS ID TC36290
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Bullion and Cobre Grande Claims
Related records 10150322

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.56501, 32.45235 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Organ(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

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 04E 29,30 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1.5 OZ/ST AG, 4.4% CU ON COPPER BULLION.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.56501, 32.45235
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT TUNNELS AND SHAFTS.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR BODIES OF QUARTZ WITH SULFIDES REPLACING GARNETIZED LIMESTONE.

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.

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