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Amizette Prospects

Occurrence in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087735
MRDS ID D008898
Record type Site
Current site name Amizette Prospects
Alternate or previous names Jackpot Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.48195, 36.59671 (WGS84)
Elevation 2774
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 14 MILES N 22 E OF TAOS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taos(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wheeler Peak(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

Carson 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 Taos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 027N 014E 05,06 SW (05); SE (06) New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATION IS FOR THE JACKPOT PROSPECT. CADASTRAL GRID PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.48195, 36.59671
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Prospects Explore Tertiary-Precambrian Contact Along A Northwest-Striking Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form FISSURES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault-Fracture Structural Control.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rio Hondo District (Twining District)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SURFACE PROSPECTS. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS REPORTED CAVED IN 1960.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTS WERE ACTIVE IN THE 1890'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., GRATON, L.C., AND GORDON, C.H., 1910 USGS PP 68, P. 83-84

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, J.H., 1960 NMBMMR BULL 71, P. 94

  • Deposit

    CLARK, K.F., AND READ, C.B., 1972 NMBMMR BULL 94, P. 110, PLATE 1, MAP 2

  • Deposit

    BRIGGS, J., AND OTHERS, 1981 USBM COLUMBINE-HONDO RARE II FPA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

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