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Pagoda Prospect

Past Producer in Dona Ana county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105277
MRDS ID TC36224
Record type Site
Current site name Pagoda Prospect
Related records 10247685

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.50056, 32.45013 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dona Ana(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Organ(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Cruces(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tularosa Valley(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Dona Ana

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 21S 04E 26 New Mexico

Comments on the location information

  • ON MINERAL HILL. LOCATED ON THE WHITE SANDS PROVING GROUND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED 35 OZ/ST AU IN 1934.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.50056, 32.45013
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1934

Comments on the production information

  • POCKET EXHAUSTED AND PRODUCTION DISAPPOINTING, SMALL AMOUNT PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • 60 FT DEEP INCLINE, SHORT CROSS-CUT.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POCKET OF HIGH GRADE ORE AT CONTACT OF RHYOLITE DIKE THAT CUTS PAGODA-GOLD CAMP EPIDIORITE DIKE AND A FAULT GOUGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1992 Page, Norman J. (Sutphin, D.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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