| Deposit ID | 10087612 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008295 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Wilson Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.78946, 36.21866 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2347 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 18 MILES S 44 W OF TAOS. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Taos(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Trampas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Taos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic unit)
Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Taos |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 023N | 011E | 20 | NE | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist | ||||
| Rock unit name | Ortega Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Ortega Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -105.78946, 36.21866 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Deposit Occurs Along The West-Southwest Plunging Copper Hill Anticline. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Picuris District: Copper Hill Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008295 |
SCHILLING, J.H, 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 103
LINDGREN,W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 89-91
JONES, F.A., 1904 NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS, WORLDS FAIR EDITION, THE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO., P. 161
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1982 | Menzie , David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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