| Deposit ID | 10097772 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D000057 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Vanadinite Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | S.J. Macy Claim |
| Related records | 10224213 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -107.52338, 32.91844 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1539 |
| Relative position | 2 MILES DUE EAST OF HILLSBORO |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sierra(county)
New Mexico(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hillsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Hatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Caballo(hydrologic unit)
Rio Grande-Caballo(hydrologic accounting unit)
Rio Grande-Mimbres(hydrologic subregion)
Rio Grande(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NM)
Bureau of Land Management NM BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Mexico | Sierra |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 016S | 007W | 14 | New Mexico |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Manganese Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Cuprodescloizite | Ore |
| Descloizite | Ore |
| Pyrolusite | Ore |
| Vanadinite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Copper Flat Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock description | Copper Flat Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale |
| Rock description | Fusselman Dolomite;Percha Shale |
| (1) | -107.52338, 32.91844 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Hillsboro District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | S. J. Macy |
| First year | 1910 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D000057 |
LINDGREN, W., AND OTHERS, 1910 USGS PROF. PAPER 68, P273, P275
HEDLUND, D.C., 1977 USGS MAP MF-900-B
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | HIGHLY FRACTURED DOLOMITE NEAR CONTACT WITH SHALE CONTAINS VEINS AND BEDDING REPLACEMENT. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1890'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-73 | Fischer, Richard P. | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-81 | Menzie, David | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
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