| Deposit ID | 10094575 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009503 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blue Jay Claim |
| Alternate or previous names | Blue Jay Hill Deposit Banner |
| Related records | 10247485 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.36534, 32.54512 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1829 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 17 MILES S 17 W OF SILVER CITY. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
White Signal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Silver City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Mimbres(hydrologic unit)
Mimbres(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 020S | 015W | 23,26 | CENTER OF S2 (23); CENTER OF N2 (26) | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pitchblende | Ore |
| Torbernite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Specularite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| Rock description | Burro Mountain Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase |
| (1) | -108.36534, 32.54512 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Blue Jay Fault Strikes N 70 To 75 E. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | White Signal District: Southern Burro Mountains |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | C. O. Prevost And Fred Prevost |
| Home office | White Signal, N.M. |
| First year | 1961 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009503 |
LOVERING,T.G.,1956 USGS BULL 1009-L,P.344-347
GILLERMAN,E., 1964 NMBMMR BULL 83, P. 88-91, PLATE 7
HEDLUND, D.C., 1978 USGS MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1041
NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSITS OCCUR AS FRACTURE COATINGS AND DISSEMINATED IN ALTERED DIKES ADJACENT TO AND INTRUDED WITHIN A NORTHEAST STRIKING FAULT. ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1982 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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