1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Hugo Deposit

Prospect in Grant county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Copper
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064807
MRDS ID TC39331
Record type Site
Current site name Hugo Deposit
Alternate or previous names Hugo Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.082, 32.86705 (WGS84)
Elevation 2097
Relative position 0.4 MI N25W OF FIERRO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Rita Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mimbres(hydrologic unit)

Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gila 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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 017S}017S 012W}012W 9}10 NE (09); NW (10) New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Forsterite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Spinel Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Hanover-Fierro Stock
    Rock description Hanover-Fierro Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Fusselman Formation
    Rock description Fusselman Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.082, 32.86705
ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fierro-Hanover

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cobre Mining Co.
    First year 1992

Comments on the workings information

  • DRY WASH METHODS

Comments on development

  • ABOUT .15 OZ OF GOLD A DAY WAS RECOVERED BY DRY WASHING METHODS IN 1913, WORKED EARLY PART OF 20TH CENTURY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HILLESLAND, L.L., ET AL, 1994, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE CONTINENTAL MINE, GRANT COUNTY, NM: COBRE MINING CO. UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 22 P.

  • Deposit

    FIELD VISIT 10/94 BY KEITH R. LONG, USGS.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1,500 G CONTAINED AU

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-NOV-1994 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site