Mogollon District

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069325
MRDS ID W006786
Record type Site
Current site name Mogollon District
Alternate or previous names District: Alma, Cooney, Glenwood, Mogollon Mountains

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.80092, 33.40453 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position AREA SURROUNDING MOGOLLON, N. MEX., 85 MILES NORTHWEST OF SILVER CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Catron(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mogollon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mogollon Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Clifton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Francisco(hydrologic unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Gila(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Catron

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 010S;011S 019W;019W New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stromeyerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification-(Intermediate W/Chlorite, Epidote, Etc.)

Analytical data

Result (0.14 OZ/TON AU
Result 6.94 OZ/TON AG)-1957

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite;Andesite;Pyroclastics
    Rock description Rhyolite;Andesite;Pyroclastics
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.80092, 33.40453

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-And Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW, TABULAR, AND CONVERGE TOWARD INTRUSIVE
    Strike NW
    Dip 70 DEG NE
    Length 182.88M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to bottom 313.94M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Followed E-W Fault System, Later (But Before End Of Ore Formation) Cut By N-S Fault System

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1875
Discoverer James C. Cooney
Year of first production 1879

Mining district

District name Mogollon District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 365.76M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Bilbey, Sue A. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
Updater 01-AUG-1984 Murray, Diane U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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