Dewey

Prospect in Sierra county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10182974
MAS/MILS ID 0350510574
Record type Site
Current site name Dewey

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.21889, 33.05621 (WGS84)
Elevation 1487

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sierra(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palomas Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Tularosa(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Sierra

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.21889, 33.05621

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS FE 1966 USBM 1C8307 P102

  • Deposit

    RUSSELL G MICHAEL OF SILVER CITY OWNER IN 1943

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references