Horner Prospect

Prospect in Taos county in New Mexico, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10248076
MAS/MILS ID 0350550092
Record type Site
Current site name Horner Prospect
Alternate or previous names Tunnel Site Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.50446, 36.70784 (WGS84)
Elevation 2744
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Taos(county)

New Mexico(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Questa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Raton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Rio Grande(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 Taos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 029 N 013 E 36 NE New Mexico

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.50446, 36.70784

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Molybdenum Corp Of America
    Home office New Mexico
    Year 1967

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INCLUDES THREE ADITS - 12 CLAIMS.

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING J H 1960 NMBM BULL 71 P51

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR BULL. 51, P. 71

  • Deposit

    HOWARD, E. VIET; METALLIFEROUS OCCURRENCES IN N. M., STATE

  • Deposit

    PLANNING OFFICE, SANTA FE, N. M., 1967, P. 204

  • Deposit

    NMBMMR MINE FILES

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