Deep Tunnel

Unknown in Colfax county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10223430
MAS/MILS ID 0350070075
Record type Site
Current site name Deep Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.20586, 36.63944 (WGS84)
Elevation 3293
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colfax(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cimarron(hydrologic unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Canadian(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Mexico Colfax

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 028 N 016 E 27 NW New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.20586, 36.63944

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Merco Inc
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1946
  • Type Owner
    Owner F. T Cheetham
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    A PROSPECT TUNNEL DRIVEN THROUGH BALDY MTN

  • Deposit

    PETTIT R F JR 1946 NMBM O F 15 P42

  • Deposit

    EVERETT F D 1953 USBM MRB REGION 1V REPORT P15

  • Deposit

    CLARK & READ 1972 NMBM BULL 94 P122

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 New Mexico Bureau Of Mines And Mineral Resources New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources

Beyond USGS

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

External references