| Deposit ID | 10085697 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W701327 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tom Mays Park Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.50556, 31.91432 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1676 |
| Relative position | 9 MI (15 KM) NNW OF EL PASO |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
El Paso(county)
Texas(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Canutillo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
El Paso(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
El Paso(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)
Federal lands
ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Texas | El Paso |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcanthite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Red Bluff Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Red Bluff Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -106.50556, 31.91432 |
|---|
| Strike | N60E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 35 NW |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Franklin Mountains |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W701327 |
PRICE, J. G., HENRY, C. D., AND STANDEN, A. R., 1983, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN TRANS-PECOS TEXAS: BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (TEXAS), MINERAL RESOURCE CIRCULAR NO. 73, 108 P
CIMRI
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN OCCURS ALONG FAULT-MAFIC DIKE ZONE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1990 | Paidakovich, Matthew E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-SEP-1990 | Long, Keith R. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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