Mineral Point Mine

Occurrence in Rio Arriba county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10199490
MAS/MILS ID 0350390034
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Point Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.23779, 36.70533 (WGS84)
Elevation 3109
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Arriba(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burned Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Aztec(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rio Chama(hydrologic unit)

Upper Rio Grande(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande-Elephant Butte(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Carson 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 Rio Arriba

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.23779, 36.70533

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Amarillo Gold Co.
    Year 1937

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SURVEY NO. 1522, PATENT NO. 321471

  • Deposit

    BINGLER E.C. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIO ARRIBA

  • Deposit

    COUNTY NEW MEXICO NMBM BULL. 91 1968 P 78-81

  • Deposit

    BENJOVSKY T.D. RECONNAISSANCE, HEADSTONE NMBM CIRC. 11

  • Deposit

    1945 P 3, 4, PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN ET AL ORE DEPOSITS OF NEW MEXICO USGS P.P. 68

  • Deposit

    1910 P 126, 129, 130

  • Deposit

    JONES F. A. NEW MEXICO MINES AND MINERALS SANTA FE 1904

  • Deposit

    P. 166

  • Deposit

    NMBM MINES INDEX

  • Deposit

    NM BOM BULL 91

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JAN-97 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.