| Deposit ID | 10087966 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D011257 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Medio Dia Canyon Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Prospect: Copper Prospect, Patented Claim: 1922 A.B. Group, A.B. Lode, Cicero, Demosthenes, Pine Tree, Socrates |
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.41114, 35.71866 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1924 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 30.0 MILES N 16 E OF BERNALILLO, NM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sandoval(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Canada(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Los Alamos(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Albuquerque(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Rio Grande-Santa Fe(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Santa Fe National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Sandoval |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 017N | 005E | 09,10 | E2 (09); W2 (10) | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Keres Group | ||||||||
| Rock description | Keres Group | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| Rock unit name | Keres Group |
| Rock description | Keres Group |
| (1) | Bandelier Tuff |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Numerous Faults In Crushed Zones Of Country Rock. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Width | 9.14M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1950 |
| Discoverer | Benham & Sayer |
| Year of first production | 1950 |
| District name | Cochiti District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Alice Benham |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D011257 |
LINDGREN, W., L.C. GRATON AND C.H. GORDON, 1910, USGS PP 68, P. 162
BARBOUR, P., 1906, "REPORT OF THE PROPERTY OF THE NAVAHO GOLD MINING CO.," T. LINDSLEY PAPERS, UNIV. OF WYOMING, (NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA)
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1900'S |
| Deposit | IN THE LATTER PART OF THE COCHITI DISTRICT BOOM THIS LAND WAS VALUED FOR ITS TIMBER RIGHTS. MORE SO THAN ITS MINERALS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | THE COPPER OCCURS IN FAULTS ALONG CRUSHED ZONES IN THE RHYOLITE COUNTRY ROCK. THE DEPOSIT IS COVERED BY 5 PATENTED CLAIMS WITH MIN. SUR. NO. 1803 AND PATENT NO. 860580. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1984 | Murray, Diane | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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