Sentinel

Occurrence in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090642
MRDS ID D001955
Record type Site
Current site name Sentinel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.6006, 33.4501 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jaralosa Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truth or Consequences(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tularosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Elephant Butte Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.6006, 33.4501

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cuchillo Negro Dist.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J. R., 1962, BISMUTH OF U.S.: USGS MR - 22

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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