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Kery Prospect

Occurrence in Socorro county in New Mexico, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094475
MRDS ID D008158
Record type Site
Current site name Kery Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.20421, 34.03815 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 18.25 MILES S 86 W OF SOCORRO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Socorro(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Magdalena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Socorro(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Salado(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cibola 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 Socorro

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 003S 004W 24 NE New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • GEODETIC AND UTM LOCATIONS ARE FOR THE MAIN WORKINGS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Paleozoic rocks, undivided
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralization Occurs Along Several Northerly-Trending Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

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 Magdalena Mountains Area: Hop Canyon District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS REPORTED TO CONSIST OF AN ADIT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LASKY, S.G., 1932, NMBMMR BULL 8, P.44

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, P., 1979, NMBMMR OFR-119, P.129

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-81 Menzie, David New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

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

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